Game #4958
Saturday, 5 January 2008
Attendance: 33,630
Lost
FA Cup 3rd Round
3rd Round
Manchester United
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Villa Park
In the latest yawn-fest that is Villa's annual FA Cup tie against Manchester United something happened to hand the Old Trafford outfit the win but it's difficult to keep track of just what.
Aston Villa
0-2
Manchester United
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Scott Carson, mistake.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Luke Moore 🔴
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, Shaun Maloney
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Cristiano Ronaldo
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Wilfred Bouma, Sub on, Craig Gardner
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 0-2, (Manchester United), Wayne Rooney
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Manchester United
ON THIS DAY
Villa participate in the annual FA sponsored third round Cup defeat to Manchester United. Meanwhile, Luke Moore made his final appearance for Villa aged 21 before moving on to West Bromwich Albion for £3,380,000 in July 2008. Between 2003-04 and 2007-08 Moore made 99 appearances, 57 as substitute and scored 14 goals. Whilst not a prolific marksman, Moore's absences from the squad and subsequent departure came as a surprise to many.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester United
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2006-07
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #24 |
Manager Game | #66 |
Saturday, 5 January 2008
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2003-2022
Kick off: 5.15pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2003-2022
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 Oct 07, Villa 1-1 Bolton (a)
Cards: None
CARDS
Villa
None
Manchester United
None
TEAM NEWS
John Carew replaces Luke Moore as Martin O'Neill resists the temptation to make his usual big changes for a Cup match.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.11 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.88 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 21.24 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
MANAGER
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
Manchester United
GK Edwin van der Sar | 🇳🇱 |
LB Patrice Evra | 🇫🇷 |
CB Rio Ferdinand | 🏴 |
CB Nemanja Vidić | 🇷🇸 |
CB Wes Brown | 🏴 |
M Anderson | 🇧🇷 |
M Ji-Sung Park | 🇰🇷 | 🔁 |
M Michael Carrick | 🏴 |
W Ryan Giggs | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Cristiano Ronaldo | 🇵🇹 | ⚽ |
CF Louis Saha | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 🔴 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 64’ |
🔁 M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 75’ |
🔁 M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | for RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ji-Sung Park | 🇰🇷 | (CF Wayne Rooney | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | W Ryan Giggs | 🏴 | (CB John O’Shea | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Louis Saha | 🇫🇷 | (M Owen Hargreaves | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 |
W Nani | 🇵🇹 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 4/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
F Luke Moore | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 50%
Possession A | 50%
Shots F | 8
Shots A | 6
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 1
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 5
Fouls A | 13
TABLE
PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
"I just can't be bothered with playing the game, we know the result before we start so why not just hand Manchester United a bye?"
*Sky Sports*
Saturday, 5 January 2008
*United leave it late at Villa*
Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney struck late on as Man Utd booked their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 2-0 win at Aston Villa.
The Red Devils have an imperious record against the Midlands outfit, although it looked for long periods like the game could end goalless.
Villa opted for a conservative approach, while the visitors lacked the cutting edge of Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez up front.
However, Rooney was on the bench and his arrival coincided with a United victory as two late goals sunk Martin O’Neill’s men.
Firstly, Ronaldo turned home Ryan Giggs’ cross from close range before Rooney’s pin-point drive beat Scott Carson at his far post.
*Pace*
Gabriel Agbonlahor gave an early demonstration of his pace to the Italian with a break down the left flank before squaring an inviting low cross towards Stilian Petrov, but his first touch was a poor one and Van der Sar was able to collect.
Anderson was quick to spot a gap down the middle and made a powerful 50-yard run which ended with Carson saving his left-footed drive from the edge of the Villa box at the second attempt.
Petrov was only just too high with a dipping 30-yard drive in an open-ended start to the game. Agbonlahor turned sharply but Rio Ferdinand was alert to the situation and blocked his shot.
United started to enjoy more of the play territorially with Anderson looking threatening in the centre of the park. The Brazilian made another good break into the Villa box only to be eventually crowded out by the combined efforts of Nigel Reo-Coker and Wilfred Bouma.
John Carew had a rare sight of the goal after turning Ferdinand when running onto a Petrov pass but he could not convert.
Giggs missed a golden chance to put United ahead a minute before the interval after a mistake by Carson. The keeper should have dealt better with a dipping drive from Ronaldo but only parried it straight to Giggs. But, with the goal at his mercy, the former Wales international pushed his shot wide and seemed surprised by the pace of the ball.
*Second half*
Villa began the second half brightly and Carew flicked on a Young centre which Van der Sar saved down to his right even though the ball was going wide.
Michael Carrick teed up Anderson on the edge of the Villa area and, although his shot contained plenty of power, it flew well wide of Carson’s goal.
Petrov blocked a shot from Ronaldo and then Martin Laursen was relieved when he deflected a Nemanja Vidic header past his own post from a Giggs corner.
Rooney could have won the game for United after entering the action but he shot over the bar after exchanging passes with Ronaldo.
But with nine minutes left Ronaldo scrambled over the line from a Giggs centre for his 19th goal of the campaign.
And with 60 seconds remaining Rooney drilled a powerful shot past Carson into the corner of the net after Ronaldo’s initial effort had been blocked.