Ratings: Manchester United 0 – 1 Aston Villa

Kuszczak – 7 - Commanded his area very well and made some key saves.

Fletcher – 5 - Caught for pace by Ashley Young to allow him to make the cross for goal. Poor positional play a couple of times, though that’s to be expected for a midfielder playing out of position. Crossing was poor.

Brown – 6 - Dealt with most things that came his way today, both on the floor and in the air, but crucially allowed Agbonlahor to creep in front of him at the front post to nod in Young’s cross.

Vidic – 6 - Poor passing at times, gave away possession and put Kuszczac under unnecessary pressure. Struggled to contain the pacy Agbonlahor.

Evra – 8 - United’s best attacker today. Contributed massively to the attack and defended very well. Man of the match.

Valencia – 6 – His refusal to use his left foot meant he was forced to give up a shooting opportunity in the first half inside the box. Found himself in good positions but failed to deliver the killer ball.

Anderson – 5 - Lots of energy and determination, but not enough quality.

Carrick – 6 – Too much sideways passing and when he did attempt to move it forward he often found a white shirt.

Giggs – 5 - Unusually poor performance. Didn’t click with Rooney today, subbed at half time.

Park – 5 - All workrate, no end product. Passing, crossing and everything else that requires technical ability were beyond Park today.

Rooney – 5 - Arguably his worst performance of the season. His passing and shooting were terrible and he shamefully dived to try and win a penalty early in the game. His finest moments were in defence, which says a lot about how poor he was in the final third.

Subs

Owen – 5 - Ineffective.

Gibson – 6 - Had some good efforts on goal, but struggled to find space with Villa employing “park the bus” tactics.

Berbatov – 5 - No impact.

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