On december 2011
Aston Villa failed again to win Manchester United in Villa Park. Phil Jones scored the first goal of his career and his team kept up the pressure on leaders Manchester City.
Alex Ferguson's team dominated the possesion in the first half, when Jones put the visitors in front, but lost Javier Hernández for a month, with suspected ankle ligament damage. In the 37th minute, Given was injured too and replaced by Guzan.
The villains improved in the second half. Emile Heskey had a good chance and James Collins might have snatched a point when his late header was tipped over by Lindegaard. Wayne Rooney fired over late on for Manchester United, that won 1-0 for the fourth time in five games. Carlos Cuéllar was on the bench. The attendance of 40.053 was the highest at Villa Park this season
Next Aston Villa`s match will be next saturday agains Bolton Wanderers on Reebok Stadium.
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