Hernandez Does A Macheda On Villa

Aston Villa 2 - Manchester United 3
Scorers
Aston Villa: Weimann (45, 50)
Manchester United: Hernandez (58, 87), Vlaar (og 63)

Team: De Gea, Rio, Smalling, Rafael, Evra, Carrick, Scholes (Cleverley 72), Young (Hernandez 46), Valencia, Rooney (Anderson 79), Van Persie

Great game. Villa's been shit for most of the season but they brought their A game today and they practically gave us fits, especially the physical play of Benteke. He was practically unplayable. Luckily, we had our own Benteke in the form of the diminutive Hernandez, who single-handedly snatch victory for us.

We didn't play too badly and both our goals results from a lack of protection from midfield, allowing Weimann to score from surging runs from midfield to connect to great hold up play from their forwards. Neither Scholes nor Carrick were able to track the runs from midfield. If I recalled correctly, Scholes was the guilty party in the second Villa goal. He gave away the ball cheaply and it resulted in the goal.

For most parts of the game, we controlled the ball and the tempo pretty well in midfield. Upfront was where the problems occurred. Villa played a tight formation and Rooney and Van Persie found little to no joy. Young and Valencia found space down the flanks but their crosses were often crowded out.

At 2-0 down, Villa seemingly were in a comfortable position, but against United, it was never enough. Hernandez pulled one back with a somewhat lucky goal after getting the ball stuck between his feet. He showed great composure digging it out and putting it between the legs of Guzan.

Hernandez then fired a Rafael cross into the on-rushing form of Vlaar and the ball took a huge deflection into the goal. The cameback was complete and the teams were level.

Van Persie, who had been anonymous, till now, struck the crossbar twice within a minute, once with his head, and the other with a venomous strike. And in the final ten minutes, United were virtually camped in the Villa half and eventually the pressure paid off when Hernandez broke free from his marker and headed home Van Persie's freekick to turn the scores around.

It was a fantastic come from behind victory, another one to add to the ridiculous amount of times we've falled behind this season. The win gives us a 4-point cushion until Chelsea and Shitty play tonight. We probably could have played better, but you can't really complain about the fighting spirit the lads have shown.

Random Thoughts
I seriously think the Belgium national team is one to look out for. They have some seriously good and young players and alot of them are already stars in the Premiership. It's only a matter of transferring that level of play to the national team.