Aston Villa 2 A Young (Pen) 72 Albrighton 76
Manchester United 2 Macheda 81 Vidic 85
Macheda and Vidic Save United
Goals from Federico Macheda and Nemanja Vidic rescued a point for Manchester United, and denied Aston Villa a win. The Vilains started the brightest and twice struck the woodwork, first Centre Back James Collins and then Striker Gabriel Agbonlahore.
They took the lead after 72 minutes of dominance, Wes Brown barged Agbonlahore and a penalty was rightly awarded. Ashley Young converted the spot kick, and it only took 4 minutes for the lead to be doubled. Young was booked for his celebration.
A beautiful move involving Young and Stewart Downing broke through United's defence, and Marc Albrighton slotted home emphatically.
But Aston Villa committed the cardinal sin of defending deeply, and inviting the Red Devils to attack. Macheda took advantage and brought Manchester United back into the game, with a powerful drive.
Vidic then equalised, a stooped header past Brad Friedel, strangely was not booked for a simular celebration as young. Villa must feel disheartened.
Teams
Aston Villa (4-4-1-1)
Brad Friedel; Luke Young, Richard Dunne, James Collins, Stephen Warnock; Marc Albrighton(Eric Lichaj), Jonathan Hogg (Chris Herd), Barry Bannan, Stewart Downing; Ashley Young; Gabriel Agbonlahore (Nathan Delfounso)
Subs not Used: Brad Guzan, Shane Lowry, Isaiah Osborne, Daniel Johnson
Booked: A Young, Bannan, L Young
Manchester United (4-4-2)
Edwin Van Der Saar; Wes Brown, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra; Park Ji-Sung (Chris Smalling), Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Luis Nani; Dimitar Berbatov (Gabriel Obertan) Javier Hernandez (Federico Macheda)
Subs not Used: Ben Amos, Fabio da Silva, John O'Shea, Darron Gibson
Booked: Brown, Vidic, Hernandez, Nani
Referee: Mike Dean got the penalty right, but showed inconsistency by not sending off Vidic
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