“We are being decisive and taking action which we hope will lead to a more enjoyable experience on the pitch”.
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United’s victory saw them move to within a point of local rivals Manchester City.
“It was not our best performance, of course, you have seen it for yourself”, van Gaal told reporters. I thought the performance (on Saturday), they worked extremely hard for it, but it’s not today (that’s caused relegation).”I agree we have to give the fans more entertainment”, said Van Gaal.
“It’s about results so regardless of how we played in patches today we are relegated”, Lescott was quoted as saying in national newspapers. “I think that with a few more training sessions, this can only improve”, he said.
“The last 15 minutes is always very important, so I changed him”.
Yesterday’s 1-0 defeat away at Manchester United confirmed that bottom-placed Villa would next season be playing in English football’s second tier for the first time since 1987-88.
And on 66 minutes it was Depay who fired a free-kick just over the Villa crossbar from outside the area.
His goal against Villa owed everything to his fantastic movement, drifting into space to pass home Antonio Valencia’s cross. He did a lot of switches.
However, exciting youngster Marcus Rashford grabbed the only goal of the encounter in the first half to seal a narrow win for United and it ensures Villa will be plying their trade in the Championship next season.
But it was too little, too late – the story, in fact, of Villa’s sorry season. Watford climbed to 12th place by winning 1-0 at West Bromwich Albion thanks to goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes saving two penalties after Ben Watson’s goal. We have to finish much earlier.
“It’s a great milestone and such a high number is a great achievement”.
Nothing other than a win would have been enough to keep Villa hanging on for another week but that never looked on the cards, even though United did not manage to get out of third gear.
It may make Lescott rethink his decision to stay at Villa to try and help the club back into the Premier League. “But I think it just goes to show how insane this league has gone, it has been so unpredictable and anyone is vulnerable”.
Marcus Rashford celebrates after scoring the victor against Aston Villa. The Mirror have written an article based on the tweet and the stats enclosed.
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He derailed Arsenal’s title challenge on his league debut, scored on his Manchester Derby debut, sent West Ham out of the FA Cup and he now ensured Aston Villa’s relegation.
