Ander Herrera does it again.
The Manchester United midfielder continued his excellent recent form with two classy goals for Louis van Gaal’s side in this 3-1 win over Aston Villa, moving them temporarily past neighbours City.
United didn’t have as easy an afternoon as the score might suggest. Villa pulled a goal back through Christian Benteke – from a shot that David de Gea will be disappointed not to save – a minute or so after Wayne Rooney had doubled the home side’s lead, making for a nervy last 10 minutes.
However, Herrera wrapped up the points for United in stoppage time and a top four place looks more secure.
Here’s how we rated the players in one word:
Manchester United
David de Gea: Error
Antonio Valencia: Industrious
Phil Jones: Blunt
Marcos Rojo: Aggressive
Daley Blind: Neat
Michael Carrick: Controlled
Ander Herrera: Incisive
Juan Mata: Pass
Ashley Young: Direct
Marouane Fellaini: Chaos
Wayne Rooney: Class
Subs:
Angel di Maria: Assist
Radamel Falcao: Alive
Aston Villa
Brad Guzan: Faultless
Alan Hutton: Struggle
Jores Okore: Solid
Ciaran Clark: Faded
Matthew Lowton: Sloppy
Andreas Weimann: Pace
Fabian Delph: Overworked
Carlos Sanchez: Toil
Charles N’Zogbia: Lazy
Gabriel Agbonlahor: Starved
Christian Benteke: Goal
Subs:
Joe Cole: Vintage
Leandro Bacuna: Appearance-fee
