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Game #4833

Aston Villa

Saturday, 22 January 2005

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Lost

11th (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Manchester United

Old Trafford

Attendance: 67,859

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

Manchester United

3-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Nolberto Solano | 53’ |

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 January 2005

🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Cristiano Ronaldo
🔁 | 11’ Sub off, Mark Delaney, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
🟨 | 27’ Booking, Mathieu Berson
🟨 | 37’ Booking, Liam Ridgewell
🟨 | 45’+2 Booking, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | HT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Mathieu Berson, Sub on, Thomas Hitzlsperger
🟨 | 51’ Booking, Jlloyd Samuel
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-1, Gareth Barry, Assist by Nolberto Solano
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester United), Louis Saha
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 1-3, (Manchester United), Paul Scholes
🟨 | 73’ Booking, Nolberto Solano
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Nolberto Solano, Sub on, Luke Moore
🕒 | FT Manchester United 3-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 22 January 2005
  • Villa lose for the eighth time in eleven games in all competitions under David O'Leary and drop to 11th in the Premier League table as a result as O'Leary's second season descends into disjointed disaster on and off the pitch.

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Manchester United

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2003-04

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
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Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2004-05 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Game | #24 |
Manager Game | #72 |
Saturday, 22 January 2005

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🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1999-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

🕒 72 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 | 18 🟥 25 | 1.46

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1999-2013

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Mathieu Berson
🟨 Liam Ridgewell
🟨 Lee Hendrie
🟨 Jlloyd Samuel
🟨 Nolberto Solano

CARDS
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🟨 Roy Keane
🟨 Cristiano Ronaldo

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Steven Davis replaces Carlton Cole.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.91 |

Oldest Player |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 30.13 |

Youngest Player |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | 20.07 |

Referee

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

MANAGER

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

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Aston Villa

GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |
M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🔥 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |

MANAGER

Alex Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Roy Carroll | 🇬🇧 |
LB Mikaël Silvestre | 🇫🇷 |
CB Gabriel Heinze | 🇦🇷 |
CB Rio Ferdinand | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Neville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Roy Keane | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Darren Fletcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Paul Scholes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Cristiano Ronaldo | 🇵🇹 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Louis Saha | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |
CF Wayne Rooney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | for RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 11’ |
🔁 M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | for M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 | 46’ |
🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 74’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Darren Fletcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Quinton Fortune | 🇿🇦 |)
🔁 | M Paul Scholes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB John O’Shea | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Wayne Rooney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Ryan Giggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CF Carlton Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Tim Howard | 🇺🇸 |
CB Wes Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 7/16

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH QUOTES
“It was a mad five minutes when we gave two silly goals away and they punish you for things like that. “We had chances in the first half but gave another silly goal away. We were thinking positively and got back into the game but didn’t pass it after that. “If Juan Pablo Angel does start scoring goals it will be a great help for us because he hasn’t been for a while.” David O’Leary.
Quotes

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 22 January, 2005
Two goals in a minute in the second half earned Manchester United victory over Aston Villa at Old Trafford. Louis Saha headed over from point-blank range but United did make the most of their early dominance when Saha fed Cristiano Ronaldo to coolly slot home. Wayne Rooney wasted a chance to double the lead before Gareth Barry equalised with a fabulous 20-yard strike. But Rooney crossed for Saha to neatly finish before Paul Scholes wrapped up the points with a close-range header. United were boosted by the returns of Gary Neville and Rio Ferdinand at the back and with Rooney and Ronaldo in the mood from the start it looked as though the Villa defence would be in for a tough time. The first real chance fell to Saha via a wonderful approach from the twinkle-toed Ronaldo and Rooney’s fabulous left-foot cross, but the Frenchman could only head over from six yards. Moments later the hosts got a deserved breakthrough when Saha cleverly slipped Ronaldo the ball and the Portuguese teenager rifled past Thomas Sorensen from the edge of the box. Rooney forced Sorensen to save low down as United threatened to run riot but Villa soon created an opening themselves, Nolberto Solano hitting a rocket from 25 yards that Roy Carroll parried away. After Saha had run the length of the pitch to shoot tamely at Sorensen, Villa countered and Barry’s sublime cross was headed straight at Carroll from point-blank range by Juan Pablo Angel. The game settled down thereafter with Villa’s midfield getting to grips with Roy Keane and Scholes, though Liam Ridgewell was cautioned for a flare-up with Ronaldo near the Villa byline. Olof Mellberg had to be alert just before the break to stop the lively Saha from testing Sorensen again, the Swede’s well-timed interception averting the danger. United could have doubled their advantage immediately after the restart when Scholes played Rooney clean through, but the youngster’s touch was terrible and the chance went begging. They nearly paid for Rooney’s wastefulness when Thomas Hitzlsperger’s long-range drive was saved by Carroll, but United’s lead did not last much longer. Barry played a lovely one-two with Solano on the edge of the United box and rammed a left-foot shot into the far corner past Carroll’s despairing dive. United tried to hit back but Quinton Fortune’s header was plucked out of the air by Sorensen and Ronaldo’s cross fell agonisingly behind the onrushing Rooney six yards from goal. But inside a minute United struck twice and finished the game as a contest, Rooney and Ronaldo the architects of their success. Rooney scampered away down the right and crossed for Saha to divert the ball goalwards, a deflection off Ridgewell helping the ball past a wrong-footed Sorensen. Moments later Ronaldo’s trickery earned him an opening and his stinging drive was parried into the air by Sorensen for Scholes to nod into an empty net. Villa did have a chance to halve the deficit when Carroll saved Barry’s shot only for Luke Moore to blaze over with the goal gaping.
Reports

🟥 22 Jan 2005, Villa 1-3 United, Old Trafford

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