Painful result after we did so well against the better teams, just to drop points to Villa (no offence to Villa fans). Benteke's goal was quality, i'll give him that, but the defending was horrid from Evans. Should have been an easy header for him if he positioned himself better.
The whole first half was abysmal. To be fair though, Darren Fletcher offered very little going forward, giving us very little chances. With 70% possession though, we should be getting wins comfortably.
If Ander Herrera isn't injured I am going to be quite annoyed. He would have made our midfield so much more creative, and unless he had some kind of injury, Fletcher starting over him is absurd. Especially since he was not even on the bench! I am waiting to hear Van Gaal's press-conference to see what's going on with Ander.
The only silver lining to this match was Falcao getting another goal, he really needed it. It's crazy how much he celebrates when he scores, even if it's only an equalizer.
Di Maria wasn't too magical for the 30 minutes he played, took way too many long shots, and didn't create much, but he needs time to regain full fitness. Young was doing work on the left, and I was shocked to see him get moved to the right.
Towards the end of the game it got pretty grimy with all the time wasting. The fans held the ball for ages, and then their keeper was getting away with murder with all the time wasting he was doing. Usually this wouldn't irritate me too much, because extra time makes up for it, but for the referee to only give us three minutes? It's absurd. There was at least three minutes of time wasting between the keeper and the fans not giving the ball back, and that's even before the time the red card shaved off the match. It took Agbonlahorn a good two minutes to get off the field, and for Young to receive treatment.
I'm gutted at the moment, but I guess it's not the worst result in the world. Hopefully we can get back to winning ways against Newcastle next Friday, it should be a tough test.