United 0 Aston Villa 1: Player ratings

Published: 12 Dec 2009 - 19:38:34

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Kuszczak: Not that much to do but looked comfortable 6 Fletcher: Villa's quality wingers were a much more severe test for him but largely handled it well 7 Brown: Not overly tested but was caught in no-mans land for Villa winner 6 Vidic: He wasn't always the steely backbone United hoped he'd provide 6 Evra: Another lively display from the left back defensively and going forward 7 Valencia: Quiet by recent standards and limited danger to Villa 6 Carrick: Worked hard to find that killer pass but willing runners were limited 7 Anderson: After recent good form this was a disappointing effort. Failed to make any impact 5 Park: Never really looked on the case and failed to cause Villa any serious problems 5 Giggs: Was unable to tap into his great Upton Park form and rarely created any bother 5 Rooney: Not everything was polished but worked like a Trojan and liveliest United attacker 8 Subs: Owen (sub Giggs 45) No chance to run at Villa 5 Berbatov (sub Park 62) Couple of chances squandered 6 Gibson (sub Anderson 68) Hit and miss 6 Welbeck, Obertan, De Laet, Foster not used Aston Villa: Friedel, L Young, Dunne, Cuellar, Warnock (Collins 62), A Young, Milner, Petrov, Downing (Reo-Coker 81), Agbonlahor, Heskey (Carew 74) Goals: United: Aston Villa: Agbonlahor (21) Bookings: United: Rooney (25) Aston Villa: Battle of the Bosses: O'Neill's wide plan stretched United and he got his players to harass Reds. Fergie surprisingly started with just one striker Referee: Martin Atkinson - Let a few things go 6 Attendance: 75,130 Agree with the ratings? Have your say.