Unai Emery enjoyed a dream debut as Aston Villa manager with an impressive and deserved victory against Manchester United at Villa Park. The hosts were 2-0 up after 11 minutes.
Leon Bailey opened the scoring in the seventh minute. Things got even better for Villa just three minutes later when Lucas Digne curled in a brilliant free-kick from 25 yards.
Cristiano Ronaldo, named captain for the first time under Erik ten Hag, drew another good save out of Martinez moments later with a header as the away side improved before half-time.
A huge slice of fortune got them a goal back seconds before the break when Luke Shaw’s shot took a big deflection off Jacob Ramsey to land in the back of the net.
But Ramsey delivered the perfect response to that setback after the break when he latched onto Ollie Watkins’ ball and powered a shot beyond De Gea.
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