Manchester United FC played their only pre-season friendly game against Aston Villa last night in closed stadium encounter at Birmingham. The game wasn’t telecasted live and was shown later on MUTV, as United ended on the losing side with a scoreline of 1-0. Although United lost the game, Solskjaer won’t be very bothered as he didn’t field a very strong side, whereas Villa played their best XI.
Donny Van de Beek played his first game for United and by far the brightest player on the pitch. The likes of Rashford, Maguire, Shaw and Dean Henderson also started for United, but the rest of the players barely start in games for United. Fosu-Mensah, Lingard and Ighalo also got rare got minutes for the Red Devils but did little to impress.
Ollie Watkins scored the only game of the match as Maguire was again at fault for leaving his man alone in the 6-yard box. But United were dominating for most of the game, especially with Van de Beek, Dan James and Shaw. Dan James and Shaw put some lovely crosses in the box, but no United player took the onus of scoring.
The Red Devils play Crystal Palace next weekend, who have won their first game against Southampton yesterday. United are expected to make the signing of Jadon Sancho this week and reportedly it is going to b a big week for the club. Solskjaer would like to start strong in the Premier League with a win against Crystal Palace.
