27 years after that immortal line from Alan Hansen, the Manchester United curse of Villa Park is over, and the Unai Emery era is up and running.
Aston Villa earned their first Premier League win over Manchester United at Villa Park since August 1995 on Sunday evening.
It was in August 1995 when Hansen insisted , “you cant win anything with kids” after United’s last league defeat at this famous old stadium, and here was a spectacular statement of intent from Aston Villa’s new head coach.
Emery once watched United 17 times in preparation for a match and will enjoy revisiting this team performance, which was brimming with energy , pace and menace.
Erik Ten Hag’s unbeaten run of five Premier League matches came to an abrupt halt as united were blown away by a Villa team clearly determined to make an instant impression.
However, this game week Cristiano Ronaldo had the chance to wear the arm band in a match that turned to be a disappoint for him being the Captain.
On Thursday evening in the Carabao Cup United will have a xhance to revenge as they face Villa again and Emery is yet to prove his unbeatable runs against this team again on that match.
On the other side Ten Hag added that, “We didn’t follow the rules of defending or win our battles.”
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“I’ve been in football a long time, players are human beings and sometimes its psychological but its not acceptable. Don’t give the game way so easily.
“If they follow the rules and principles of football they win this game. Collectively it was a bad performance.
“I’m disappointed but I know in the process setbacks will come and we have to deal with it.”
Erik Ten Hag has really criticized his players for giving the game away to Aston Villa.
Ten hag was particularly annoyed by how his side defended Lucas Digne’s free-kick, according to sources.
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“I think the free-kick is stoppable because the wall is too far. Okay, a small detail but details make the difference in top football. It tells everything from us because we were not fresh.”
