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Good evening and welcome to LIVE text coverage of a rather rare occasion, a Friday night Premier League fixture that pits Aston Villa against Manchester United. The match was moved due to an English Defence League march planned in the Villa Park area later this weekend. It provides both sides with a chance to top the league tonight after they each won their respective opening games by a 1-0 scoreline.

Premier League / Matchday 2
Villa Park / 14.08.2015
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Toby Keel

Updated 14/08/2015 at 20:36 GMT


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FT: Aston Villa 0-1 Man United. Januzaj scores on his return to the starting xi as United make it two wins from two and continue their hoodoo over Villa.
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Man United keeping Villa pegged back. The hosts need to get it forward - QUICK!
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Three minutes added.
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Gueye booked. United breaking up the play now. Villa have no momentum.
89'
Schweinsteiger clips one through for Rooney but Richards dives to head it away. Villa pushing men forward but not looking likely...
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Do Villa have one last surge in them? Can a high ball towards Gestede pay dividends? They need to find something different to unlock United with time running out.
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Of course, on another night he may have conceded a spot kick!
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Lots of love on Twitter for Darmian.
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Young clips a ball into the right side of the area for Mata, but it's well headed clear.
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Darmian rightly booked for a strange foul on Amavi. He turned his back and pushed his backside into him as the Villa man looked to burst into the area from the right.
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MAN UNITED SUB: Depay off, Young on.
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Sherwood looking for more from his players - one last push.
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VILLA SUB: Sanchez on, Veretout off.
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Depay shoots... good save Guzan.
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Rooney has scored more Premier League goals against Aston Villa than any other side (13) - but it's been a very quiet night for him so far...
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Gestede pulls free to the far post where he comes up against Shaw, but the defender does enough to stop the forward finding a teammate with the knockdown.
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Herrera booked on his birthday. It's a sour note but the right decision. He'll be content enough if United see this out though. 15 minutes plus added time...
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A big miss from Depay. Mata is again the architect as he puts the Dutch star through on goal, but his side foot effort flies narrowly past the far post.
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Great description of Depay's free kick a few moments ago...