This is why he got it wrong, he couldn't recover from his mistake

The Red Devils had a key game in their aspirations facing a team that did not represent a major risk, they had Unai Emery newly arrived as coach, it was assumed that he was not going to have much collective play for being a squad that was barely going to know to apply the necessary tactics, now it was a game that represented a lot of importance for the Old Trafford club, it was the continuation of their goal.

It was a crucial game that had to be won because of the superiority of the squad, in addition, they had an unbeaten run against Aston Villa of 23 games, it was the longest active run in the Premier League, plus Erik ten Hag's club came with a great positive streak, they were nine games without defeat, among those games five were in the Premier League, a team that had no defeats since that disastrous Manchester derby.

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The club had the superiority in every way, although as in the previous game, they were without important attacking players like Antony, and Jadon Sancho, both players have been underperforming lately, they have had problems to be able to recover from a situation like that, they have had many complications, they have looked for ways to make up for the need to have them on the pitch, that task would be for Cristiano Ronaldo, Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial from the bench.

The defence had not conceded a goal in six of the club's last seven games, they had reached a great level of defensive excellence to get more wins and witness a great moment in the team, now they are able to find a better balance and know how to look for it, the team had to respond, but the defence today was surprised, and more because the defensive leader of the team, who plays every game, be it Premier League or Europa League missed, the great Argentine defender made a mistake.

Lisandro Martinez had a tired mistake that cost Aston Villa a goal

The player had the responsibility in a key mistake that ended with a goal against, the team could recover in attitude but there were not enough variants to reverse the result, the Argentine defender had a punctual mistake in his game against Aston Villa, he corrected and played better but he had already received the goal from the home team, there was not much that could be done, the player was forced to make a mistake, he has been under constant pressure and it was noticed on this occasion, he did not want to make a mistake in the play that was very important to respond at the height that was due.