Aston Villa raced into a two-goal lead in the first half after goals from McGinn and Leander Dendoncker but completely imploded after half-time with two goals from Alejandro Garnacho and Hojlund compounded Villa to their first league defeat since the start of November at Nottingham Forest.
Emi Martinez – 7
Tremendous goalkeeper. When Aston Villa needed him to intervene with balls over the top, Martinez duly delivered with some brilliant sweeper-keeping, completing all three of his runouts, registering four saves and completing just under 90 per cent of his passes. Massively let down by his teammates in the second half.
Ezri Konsa – 6
With Marcus Rashford out of form right now, Konsa will have expected to keep him at bay but that doesn’t mean he could take his foot off the pedal. He kept him largely quiet in the first half but struggled in the second. Was out of position for United’s goal for which he will be disappointed.
Diego Carlos – 6
Looked at his mercurial best at the heart of the Villa defence both in his passing from the back and doing his job to shepherd out Rasmus Hojlund. However, he was terribly lucky not to give away a penalty after a foul on the Danish hitman but for a correct offside call and saw himself and his teammates completely self-destruct under the Old Trafford lights.
Clement Lenglet – 6
Many Aston Villa fans will have been panicking when they saw Pau Torres on the bench and Lenglet starting in his place at Old Trafford. The Frenchman put those fears to bed with a terrific all-round display until it went all wrong after half-time. Don’t know what he was doing trying to dribble out of his own box for United’s winner though.
He could do nothing about United’s two goals but lambast Moreno for his defending in the wide areas. Pau Torres will be back in his position against Burnley at the weekend.
Lucas Digne – 5
Hooked off with an injury early in the second half and when he came off, it certainly didn’t look promising after being helped by the Aston Villa medical team.
Leander Dendoncker – 7
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