• Date: Sat 20 August 2005
  • Venue: Old Trafford
  • Ref: Dowd, P
  • Attendance: 67,934
Manchester United

Manchester United

van Nistelrooy (66)

1 - 0
Aston Villa

Aston Villa

Manchester United vs Aston Villa

Team Lineups

Manchester United

Edwin van der Sar
Mikael Silvestre
Gary Neville
Rio Ferdinand
John O'Shea (Gabriel Heinze, 59)
Paul Scholes
Darren Fletcher
Roy Keane
Wayne Rooney (Alan Smith, 78)
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Ji-Sung Park (Cristiano Ronaldo, 59)

Aston Villa

Thomas Sorensen
Gareth Barry
Jlloyd Samuel (Eric Djemba-Djemba, 20)
Olof Mellberg
Aaron Hughes
Liam Ridgewell
Gavin McCann
Peter Whittingham (Luke Moore, 73)
Steven Davis
Ulises de la Cruz (Nolberto Solano, 73)
Juan Pablo Angel

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