Premier League: Aston Villa 2 (Rogers 45, 57) Manchester United 1 (Cunha 45+3)There is simply no stopping this Aston Villa machine, cylinders pumping, exclusively handcrafted by Unai Emery, the manager who reacted to Morgan Rogers’ winning goal against Manchester United by launching his jacket into the night sky. Villa’s first opening fell to Ollie Watkins but after chopping inside Leny Yoro his delayed thinking allowed Ayden Heaven to intervene. That was not the case approaching the half-time interval, when Rogers dispatched a superb curling strike into the far corner of the United goal. The Villa striker could not trap the ball but Rogers was alert and took over the baton. Again, Rogers drifted inside Yoro and, again, he picked out the far corner.

Source: The Irish Times December 21, 2025 22:22 UTC