Aston Villa Kalah 3-1, Manchester United Naik ke Peringkat Tiga
Rooney Wonder Goal and Herrera Double Move Man United Above City
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Manchester (B2B) - Manchester United naik satu tingkat ke peringkat tiga klasemen sementara setelah menaklukkan Aston Villa 3-1 pada Liga Utama Inggris pekan 31 di Stadion Old Trafford, Sabtu.
Aston Villa yang bertindak sebagai tamu memiliki peluang dari tendangan jarak jauh Benteke yang berhasil diamankan De Gea di menit 16.
Rooney yang menerima umpan lambung Valencia hampir mencetak gol, sayang tendangan penyerang timnas Inggris itu melebar tipis di menit 27, seperti dilansir Yahoo! Sports.
MU kemudian kembali berpeluang di menit 41 melalui aksi Ashley Young. Namun berhasil diblok bek Aston Villa Okore.
Stadion Old Trafford kemudian bergemuruh di menit 43 setelah Ander Herrera melepaskan tendangan yang berbuah gol memanfaatkan umpan Daley Blind. Skor 1-0 keunggulan MU bertahan hingga jeda babak pertama.
Pada babak kedua, MU memiliki peluang melaui tendangan Ashley Young setelah menerima umpan Juan Mata namun tidak berbuah gol.
Fellaini mencipta peluang bagi Setan Merah namun bola sundulannya terlalu tinggi ke atas mistar gawang Aston Villa.
MU mencetak gol tambahan melalui Wayne Rooney memaksimalkan umpan Angel Di Maria di menit 79.
Namun Aston Villa segera membalas dengan gol yang dicetak Benteke setelah menerima umpan Joe Cole di menit 80.
Ander Herrera kembali menjauhkan keunggulan MU di menit 90 setelah menerima umpan Juan Mata. Skor kemenangan 3-1 MU atas Aston Villa bertahan hingga laga usai.
Kemenangan ini membuat MU semakin naik ke peringat tiga dengan 62 poin atau selisih satu poin dengan Manchester City yang turun ke peringkat empat.
Sementara itu, Aston Villa tertahan di peringkat 16 dengan 28 poin dari 31 laga.
Manchester - Manchester United pulled past its noisy neighbors, at least for two days, with a 3-1 defeat of visiting Aston Villa on Saturday at Old Trafford.
Ander Herrera scored a pair of goals and Wayne Rooney added a startling volley to offset a Christian Benteke goal, and United leapt third in the table, a point behind No. 2 Arsenal and a point ahead of Manchester City, which plays Monday at Crystal Palace.
Villa remains in 16th, just three points ahead of the drop zone.
Rooney went down in the fifth minute under pressure on his shoulder, and protested loudly for a penalty to no avail.
United were all over Villa, living in the final third and stymied by blocked shots and deflected attempts.
Brad Guzan didn’t see too many early shots get to him, but when he did he was big, flying to push a Marcos Rojo shot just over the bar in the 24th minute.
Ander Herrera put the inevitable past Guzan off a neat combination play that began with Ashley Young laying off for an overlapping Daley Blind, who took the ball to the end line before cutting it back for Herrera. His second touch was a left-footed shot into the goal.
Rooney made it 2-0 in the 79th minute, setting up a volley for himself off Angel Di Maria‘s cross and unloading a shot past Guzan (who had no chance whatsoever).
But Villa picked up a corner straightaway, and Benteke hit a low ball under United keeper De Gea, who should’ve done better in making a rare error.
