THE’Aston Villa It’s going to be a tough nut to crack today. In the seventh round of the Premier League the Manchester United he is called to a very complicated test, fresh from a draw he wanted with all his energy in the Europa League against Porto. A success today would be equivalent to an absolute jackpot for the Red Devils who would move level on points with Tottenham in eighth place, nibbling away important points from their rivals. To try to save what can be saved from a less than happy start to the season.
The United midfielder and former Inter player Christian Eriksen he spoke like this during the pre-match at Villa Park to the microphones of Sky Sports UK: “I think the main focus is on today, you can’t focus too much on the past or the future. What’s important is today and I believe this is the way to move forward. At the club we are safe, everyone feels good with each other and we all get along. We need a team performance, it’s the points that count and we need to show that we are united and work hard.”
The official lineups
Aston Villa (4-4-1): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Tielemans, Philogene, Rogers, Ramsey, Bailey; Watkins. Trainer: Emery.
Manchester United (4-2-3-1): Onana; Mazraoui, Evans, Maguire, Dalot; Mainoo, Eriksen; Garnacho, Fernandes, Rashford; Hojlund. Trainer: Ten Hag.
The program of the 7th round of the Premier League
Saturday 5 October
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
Arsenal – Southampton 3-1
Brentford 5-3 Wolverhampton
Leicester – Bournemouth 1-0
Manchester City – Fulham 3-2
West Ham 4-1 Ipswich
Everton – Newcastle 0-0
Sunday 6 October
Aston Villa – Manchester United
Chelsea – Nottingham Forest
Brighton – Tottenham
The ranking
Liverpool 18
Manchester City 17
Arsenal 17
Chelsea 13
Aston Villa 13
Newcastle 12
Fulham 11
Tottenham 10
Brentford 10
Brighton 9
Nottingham Forest 9
West Ham 8
Bournemouth 8
Manchester United 7
Leicester 6
Everton 5
Ipswich 4
Crystal Palace 3
Southampton 1
Wolverhampton 1
Markers
10 goals: Haaland (Manchester City)
6 goals: Palmer (Chelsea) and Mbeumo (Brentford)
5 goals: Diaz (Liverpool)