Man United vs Aston Villa

Today's match at the Optus Stadium in Perth is due to take place as planned, despite heavy rain this morning.

Manchester United will this morning look to finish their pre-season tour of Australia in style when they face Aston Villa.

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Live match updates and analysis as Man Utd face Aston Villa in Perth as part of their pre-season tour.

The United bus has just arrived at the Optus Stadium and Erik ten Hag was straight out to the pitch to have a look, leaving in conversation with Darren Fletcher. The technical director is back out now, talking to the players and pointing out the problematic parts of the pitch. They picked up a couple of injuries and think the pitch played a part. Leeds are staying in our hotel in town, and a member of their staff was critical of the pitch, saying there was “no way to change direction” on it. It’s on at the moment, but there has to be a good chance it will cut up, given the dark and muddy patches on it. There was a game on it last night, with Crystal Palace playing Leeds, and the surface wasn’t great, with obvious bright green patches where new grass has been laid over AFL markings. You have to accept it as a manager, as a team and you have to get the best out of it - that's what we did," Ten Hag said. Ten Hag’s pattern of picking his strongest possible team continues in pre-season and but for an injury to McTominay it would probably have been just one change. Van de Beek is foraging forward into the area early on - he was in line with the six-yard box just then - and Fred is clearly occupying the holding role for however long United go without recruiting a midfielder. You know it is pre-season when the stadium compere says “Make some noise for Fred the Red”. He is not as omnipresent on matchdays back in Manchester but he still gets wheeled out for the pre-season tours. The only uncertainty was over who would start at left-back and he has gone with Luke Shaw. Van de Beek is eager but barely been on the ball. Villa fail to capitalise and the chance is eventually squandered, though.

And just like that, one of United's full-backs does get involved in an attack.

"But I also know this season (has) a lot of games, the World Cup, so we need more options. I'm really happy with the performance from our midfield and offence department in this moment. Expect Villa to play in their narrow 4-3-3 shape Gerrard loves. The first time Villa cross the halfway line they have half a shout for a penalty after Fred bundles into the back of Coutinho in the area. United with another corner after Sancho's side-foot volley at the back post is blocked by McGinn. Villa right-back Matty Cash whistles a shot from distance not far wide of the far post. Ramsey got the better of Maguire a little too easily earlier in the move. Maguire should be one of the beneficiaries. Another well-worked United goal in Australia. The delivery may be part of that but United have also added Christian Eriksen and that will give them another weapon from set-pieces next season. Shaw kept a cool head to look up and cross from the byline to Jadon Sancho, who volleyed home for his third goal in four tour matches. It's only pre-season but the quality of United's goals on tour has really stood out.

The pre-season game between Man Utd & Aston Villa at Optus Stadium in Perth was ...

Villa have also been in Australia for a little bit of time already. But a pitch inspection just over two hours before the scheduled kick-off was passed. The pre-season friendly between Manchester United and Aston Villa in Perth is set to go ahead following a pitch inspection after heavy rainfall in the Australian city.

We are this morning treated to another all-Premier League affair as Erik ten Hag will look to continue his fine start to life in his new job against Steven ...

A number of other players have also stood out, but face a Villa team who have also impressed Down Under by beating both Leeds United and Brisbane Roar. 73min: Another half-chance for Villa and again for Bailey, but Garner hacks the ball clear from inside the six-yard box. Ten Hag appears to be having an instant impact on the squad, and especially Anthony Martial who has scored in every game to earn him a spot in the first team for the coming season, having last term being shipped out on loan.

We are this morning treated to another all-Premier League affair as Erik ten Hag will look to continue his fine start to life in his new job against Steven ...

A number of other players have also stood out, but face a Villa team who have also impressed Down Under by beating both Leeds United and Brisbane Roar. 73min: Another half-chance for Villa and again for Bailey, but Garner hacks the ball clear from inside the six-yard box. Ten Hag appears to be having an instant impact on the squad, and especially Anthony Martial who has scored in every game to earn him a spot in the first team for the coming season, having last term being shipped out on loan.

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But also, when the pitch is still not that good, we still have to deliver. It is about can the players stay focused, can they cooperate and act as a team? So I am really curious to how we face them."

Manchester United drew with Aston Villa 2-2 today in a pre-season friendly in rainy Perth, Australia. Here are our player ratings for the game:.

Marcus Rashford 7 – Looks like he’s getting back to his best, but not quite there yet. Bruno Fernandes 6 – Was involved in a lot of United’s best moments, but again quite wasteful on occasions. Luke Shaw 6 – A great run from Shaw to set up the first goal and picked Sancho out superbly. Pickpocketed at the start of the second which almost led to an Ollie Watkins goal. Again, the terrible conditions don’t help technically gifted players such as Martial. Just didn’t seem to impact the game at all.

Jadon Sancho's third strike of the summer and a Matty Cash own goal had put United 2-0 up at half-time. Leon Bailey pulled one back after half-time but Erik ten ...

Rashford held the ball on the left, waited for Luke Shaw's overlapping run and Sancho volleyed in the cross from six yards out. Jadon Sancho's third strike of the summer and a Matty Cash own goal had put United 2-0 up at half-time. It looked like only being a consolation for Villa after a largely uneventful second half but in the second minute of stoppage time Chambers got up highest to head in a corner from the right.

United began the match brightly with a couple of early sighters including a blocked Sancho effort from a corner on six minutes. Seconds later, Harry Maguire ...

It remained lively throughout the latter stages, but the Midlanders carried the greater threat in worsening conditions. There was nothing Villa or Martinez could do to stop Erik ten Hag’s men taking a deserved lead on 25 minutes and it was another fine team move. Seconds later, Harry Maguire rose to meet a Luke Shaw corner but his solid header was punched clear by Martinez. Maguire then made a superb block just after the hour-mark after Bailey nipped past De Gea and tried to score from a tight angle. After Rashford sent a shot just wide on 37 minutes, the England man saw his volleyed effort deflected home by Cash after lovely a ball from Fred and cross from Sancho. At the other end, Cash fired a low drive inches wide of David De Gea’s far-right post on eight minutes, before Sancho took aim for the Reds a couple of minutes later and saw his shot pushed away, and just out of the reach of Anthony Martial.

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Involved in both goals, albeit for the second his shot was heading out for a throw-in. Scored the first goal and contributed to the second to cap a fabulous tour. Ten Hag's "connector" lived up to his billing in a fine first-half and Fred's pass unlocked Villa's defence for Matty Cash's own goal. 6 But then he was at fault for the equaliser. Had little to do before he was beaten by Leon Bailey's curler and made a decent save in the 84th minute as Villa threatened an equaliser.

The Red Devils lined up in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Van De Beek playing in a central midfield position. The fullbacks were in fine form again for United in ...

United’s skipper won an impressive 100% of tackles he attempted, 100% shot accuracy, and made 60 passes, 17 of which were forward passed. Dalot, who now appears to be United’s starting right-back, not only won 100% of the tackles he attempted but also won possession an impressive three times to boot. Manchester United faced off against Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa in Perth, in the team’s fourth game of the pre-season tour.

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31st min: Villa have a promising moment in attack with Cash down the right. 25th min: Goal! A beautiful flowing move sees Sancho volley in at the back post unattended. Rashford is getting behind at will down the left. 17th min: United dazzle in attack once again but Martial is flagged for offside. And he brilliantly places the ball in the bottom corner. United are definitely on top at the moment. 53rd min: Bailey is absolutely terrorising Shaw down the right hand side. 50th min: Goal! Bailey picks up the ball on the right. Villa have dominated down this flank in the second half. 69th min: Another attack down the right. He goes around De Gea but Maguire gets across to block the winger from stroking into the empty net. 86th min: Chong drives inside from the right.

Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard praised his side following their comeback against Man United.

"We weren’t good enough in possession to create in the first half. "I’m pleased because I was frustrated at half-time, we had to iron a few things out. "I was really pleased with a lot of our defensive shape first half but we got one or two things wrong and conceded goals on the back of that.

Man Utd drew their last match in Australia 2-2 against Aston Villa and Erik ten Hag wasn't entirely happy.

When asked to account for United’s drop-off, Ten Hag reiterated: “It was the focus. In the first half we were really good." They have to perform and it is what we didn’t do in the second half.