With the missing Maguire and Bruno, he captained the team and it failed

The Red Devils had a very complicated match, they could not innovate in looking for a convincing result for this game, they did not find a style that would benefit the team in its development, that would compete at a high level of play, many occasions have been new for the team, it was difficult for them to win the game, they were surprised in their visit to Villa Park with a good performance of the rival, they were outplayed.

There was a disconnected midfield, without being effective due to the absence of the Portuguese attacking midfielder, Bruno Fernandes, who is the captain of the main team, his absence was noticed when Donny van de Beek played in his place, it was evident that he is not a suitable player for the Red Devils, as he could not associate with Christian Eriksen and Casemiro, that produced that the team did not stand out in the midfield, it was very little associative the game they had in the midfield.

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Defence was an important strength for the team, they had managed to leave the last opponents with many complications to attack, they had six clean sheets in the last seven games, a great defensive statistic that in the game against Unai Emery's Aston Villa was not noticeable, both the Swede, Victor Lindelof, and the Argentine, Lisandro Martinez, had key mistakes in the game. Harry Maguire is the second captain and watched the game from the bench.

The leader of the team had to be Cristiano Ronaldo who missed scoring opportunities, that hurt the team that had no arrival, and when they had it they could not show it on the scoreboard, the 37 year old Portuguese star showed an inoperative way of playing, he was playing in the match in a bad way, he committed many fouls and created little to the team's offense, he left much to be owed, he was not determinant one more game this season.

Cristiano failed as a leader, he wasted his chance as the team's reference point

He had a very ineffective participation, he did not manage to encourage his teammates who likewise, had not had a good rhythm in the development of the match, he failed once again, the streak that the team had of nine matches without losing was lost, they had achieved a great level, five of those matches were in Premier League including two Big Six teams, it was a very painful defeat for Erik ten Hag's team that could not count on the leadership of the Portuguese star once again.