{"id":360396,"date":"2025-12-21T20:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/360396\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T20:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:55:06","slug":"aston-villa-2-1-man-united-dec-21-2025-game-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/360396\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa 2-1 Man United (Dec 21, 2025) Game Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-player-guid=\"e171ebec-16a6-1878-80fa-22924d9f0b4e\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/265653\/morgan-rogers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Rogers<\/a>&#8216; brilliant brace helped <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"610557ff-e870-ea0e-a3b2-8244df325d22\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=362\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aston Villa<\/a> secure a 10th-straight win in all competitions as the <a data-league-guid=\"6949f3af-300c-35f1-beab-b95669eedd38\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/league\/_\/name\/ENG.1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> title contenders triumphed 2-1 against <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"6ebc2fd0-35d3-733b-5666-b75035a3bce9\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=360\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>A week on from sealing victory at <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"28c48827-3a74-9af3-21b2-f324cdb1fc01\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=371\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham<\/a>\u00a0by following up a fine finish with a stunning strike, the 23-year-old England star was at it again as Villa headed into Christmas within three points of leaders <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"feb44e87-58fa-9597-2691-b3c32768ebe4\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=359\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers showed skill and confidence when cutting in from the left to bend home a beautiful strike late in a first half that that ended with <a data-player-guid=\"e23ba36a-2422-dcd8-38cb-0931d17443ed\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/259902\/matheus-cunha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matheus Cunha<\/a> levelling for United after <a data-player-guid=\"0464ea2d-1034-f704-a745-a6e7f96e0025\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/234698\/matty-cash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matty Cash<\/a> was dispossessed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" data-mptype=\"image\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"\/>Morgan Rogers scored both goals as Aston Villa beat Man United.<\/p>\n<p>But Villa were not to be denied a seventh straight Premier League victory as Rogers hammered home his second after the break.<\/p>\n<p>United were without seven first-team players at Villa Park and their second loss in 11 matches was compounded by an injury to their captain.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"5e490c67-60b6-f477-f896-b28512206edc\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/124091\/bruno-fernandes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno Fernandes<\/a> appeared to tweak a hamstring and was withdrawn at half-time of a match from which natural replacement <a data-player-guid=\"fc443284-c735-3f94-acc9-1d6708bbd2bb\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/328466\/kobbie-mainoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kobbie Mainoo<\/a> was absent after picking up a calf complaint on the eve of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morgan Rogers&#8216; 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