Manchester United stage a rousing second-half comeback to beat Aston Villa 3-2
Hindustan TimesManchester United staged a rousing second-half comeback to beat Aston Villa 3-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday after conceding two goals inside 26 minutes at Old Trafford. Manchester United's Rasmus Hojlund, center, celebrates scoring their side's third goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Aston Villa at the Old Trafford stadium In the first game since British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe agreed to buy a stake of up to 25% of the 20-time league champions, Erik ten Hag’s team made a dreadful start and was booed by its own fans in the first half. Brailsford, who is sporting director of Ratcliffe’s INEOS Sport, sat in the directors' seats at the stadium and would have heard loud jeers after Dendoncker doubled Villa's lead, while the away fans sang “Old Trafford is falling down” and goaded Ten Hag with chants of “You're getting sacked in the morning.” United went into the game without a win or a goal in its previous four matches in all competitions, having lost three times during that run. Five minutes later Villa doubled its lead after more bad defending from United when, from a corner, Dendoncker stuck a foot out to divert Clement Lenglet’s header over the line.