Manchester United player ratings: Who stood out in the draw vs. Aston Villa?

Manchester United drew 0-0 with Aston Villa in the Premier League yesterday. Here are the players who surprised — and the ones who disappointed.
Aston Villa FC v Manchester United FC - Premier League
Aston Villa FC v Manchester United FC - Premier League / Carl Recine/GettyImages
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There was mounting pressure on Erik ten Hag after Manchester United were thrashed by Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 in the Premier League the weekend before last. However, Ten Hag's side drew 0-0 with Aston Villa yesterday. This is a respectable result, as Villa went into this game on the back of beating Bayern Munich 1-0 in the Champions League.

Aston Villa–Manchester United Premier League player ratings

Below, we're rating the Manchester United players on a scale of 1 to 10.

Goalkeepers and defenders

Andre Onana (GK): 7

Onana had a good game and produced a great stop to deny Youri Tielemans' effort.

Noussair Mazraoui (RB): 7

Put a good shift in but was taken off at halftime for Victor Lindelof. This was probably due to an injury.

Harry Maguire (CB): 7

Kept Ollie Watkins quiet but then got injured and had to come off at the break. He was replaced by Matthijs de Ligt.

Johnny Evans (CB): 8

Evans may be 36 now but he is still producing phenomenal performances for the Red Devils.

Diogo Dalot (LB): 7

He was very good defensively as well as going forward. Dalot also made a great block on the line to deny Jaden Philogene finding the back of the net.

Midfielders

Kobbie Mainoo (CDM): 7

Mainoo missed United's mid-week Europa League game against FC Porto due to injury. He settled back into the squad seamlessly.

Christian Eriksen (CDM): 7

Eriksen got booked very early on in the game. However, he recovered from this well and passed the ball about with ease.

Bruno Fernandes (CAM): 7

He was unlucky not to give United the lead from a free-kick which came back off the crossbar. Fernandes would also have been relieved to have played the whole game without being shown a red card. The midfielder was sent off in the Red Devils' last two games.

Forwards

Alejandro Garnacho (RW): 7

Looked dangerous on the right-hand side. However, Garnacho will be kicking himself about not being able to play the ball through to Fernandes in added time.

Rasmus Hojlund (CF): 6

Hojlund was isolated up front and was replaced by Joshua Zirkzee after 64 minutes.

Marcus Rashford (LW): 7

Rashford built on an excellent performance during the week with another fine display. Produced a great run before firing his shot straight at Emiliano Martinez early on. He was fortunate not to be sent off for a second bookable offence and was then taken off for Antony.

Substitutes

  • Matthijs de Ligt, 7/10
  • Victor Lindelof, 7/10
  • Joshua Zirkzee, 6/10
  • Antony, 7/10
  • Casemiro, N/A

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