Villa take the lead but United equalise with an offside goal before taking the lead against the run of play after a mix up in the Villa area.

Worse was to come as United handle in the box and a penalty is denied by referee Hull much to the chagrin of the Villa players and staff.

To add insult to injury United plunder a third, albeit legitimate goal before another just after half time and a fifth two minutes later and somehow Villa are trailing 1-5 after 51 minutes.

Pongo Waring scores for the twenty first time this season before Alec Talbot is rendered lame and has to leave the field of play but Villa score two more and miss a late penalty that would have pulled off a remarkable draw.

Villa score four away from home and have now scored three or more goals nine times in seventeen games so far this season and five or more four times.

Villa make it three clean sheets in 17 games so far in 1931-32.

Villa make it nine wins, three draws and five defeats in seventeen division one games this season.

Villa's defeat leaves them outright 8th in the table as they are still to settle their two games in hand that would send them outright third in the table behind leaders Everton and second placed Arsenal.