Excellent from Sancho again.
Manchester United 2:2 Steven Gerrard's Villa (Sat 23rd July, 10:45 UK time)
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the world is so long and flat that the Aussie end of the strip is too far for the sun to reach.
Eriksen and Martinez replacing DVB and Lindelöf will be a massive improvement!
Great ball by Sancho
Almost another OG 
According to them Australia doesn't exist, it's all a hoax... they're probably in a big studio in Hollywood where they also filmed the moon landing
Sancho so good
Yep you're right.
It was brilliant defending letting someone have it on the half way line, jockey him inside for 50metres and score unopposed.
If only people knew as much about football as you
That is so unfair.........he is actually a fat prick
Good ball in from Sancho
Both their keepers have been good, should be a lot more than 2.
Donny is....rubbish
I have never in my life seen a player so average and contribute so little be talked about so much!
There is a reason Ole, Rangnick and ETH (three managers with three completely different systems) ALL prefer Fred and McTominay. It's not some great injustice or conspiracy
And if Bailey had skipped past him with nobody back in defence to help out you'd be calling him a moron for doing just that. It's fecking easy in hindsight to say that "anything other than what he did would've been better", but in a regular situation you'd expect your teammates to put in more effort in getting back rather than taking a chance as the last defender on a 50/50 tackle.
Your defending of Lindelof is better than his was.
Passing is terrible from both sides. Conditions are terrible.
We really should have Sancho on the right. He knows how to put a good low cross in
Shaw just forgot there he is playing LB
Fred and DvB is the reason why we are begging for a player like FdJ
They should fire the guy who organized a friendly on this pitch. The best thing we can hope for is to have no injuries.
Yep you're right.
It was brilliant defending letting someone have it on the half way line, jockey him inside for 50metres and score unopposed.
If only people knew as much about football as you
He shouldn't have been unopposed though he should have had Shaw to contend with. Not hard to understand what he's saying and he's right about that aspect.
First half FC is back
If Lindelof would have laid down on the half way line it still would have been more impactful than what he actually did.
All he did was block de geas sight line
you're having a real shocker hereMartial might not have scored yet. But his movement and hunger in the box is as good as I've ever seen from him.
It reflects badly on him that he ever let it slip away. But I guess we just need to be grateful that it's back.
It reflects badly on him that he ever let it slip away. But I guess we just need to be grateful that it's back.
Can't judge anyone here really, horrible conditions, too bad. But it wouldn't be the Caf if some people don't start overreacting based on this game.
Bit of a shambles this now. Pitch is a disgrace
Sancho looking lots better than last season, and also fitter. He often looked slow, but he looks a lot quicker and sharper in his overall movement this summer.
I still wouldn't think that taking a chance on a tackle 30-40 yards from goal as the last defender would be the right move. The right move would be to slow him down and assume that your defenders would be making some effort in getting back as opposed to jogging like Luke Shaw did.
Just a few minutes after the goal there was a similar situation with Shaw defending, but the inside was covered by Fred making a sprint to shut down the inside option, like Shaw should've done for Lindelöf.
Villa have finally noticed we have zero physical presence in midfield.First half FC is back
He will play on right. Last season Ole totally wasted him on left.
Yep. Yet again Lindelof showing his ability as a top flight CB.
awaiting the flood of the excuses blaming everything and everyone else
Conditions turned this into a Sunday League game….
If you want to play a high line and push your fullbacks up the pitch this sort of thing will happen.
You think Van Dijk or Matip don't get left 1v1? he handles it absolutely horrendously.
Yep you're right.
It was brilliant defending letting someone have it on the half way line, jockey him inside for 50metres and score unopposed.
If only people knew as much about football as you
Some people seem to think there's no middle ground between 'shepherding a player 40 yards to your own penalty box' and 'making a rash tackle and not making it'.
Whats the pitch like?
Easy to blame the pitch but our passing has been horrific this half and precisely the reason I think despite all ETH efforts, he can’t polish a turd and some of these players are not at a level to be relied upon for a season.
I’ve heard some rumours that it isn’t great.
He started on the right, was moved to the left because he did nothing on the right. Rashford was moved over to accommodate him.
Rashford working hard.
Need to double up on Bailey. His pace & movement is giving our defence a problem
Have to say, Rashford is working SO hard out there. Pressing all over the pitch