Manchester United won a fourth successive Premier League game by three goals as Paul Pogba ended his drought in the 3-0 win at Aston Villa.
2019/2020 Premier League
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Match Reports
Paul Pogba scored his first Premier League goal in 15 months as Manchester United broke a Premier League record in a 3-0 victory at Aston Villa.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side became the first in the division's history to win four successive matches by a margin of three goals or more as they extended their unbeaten run to 17 games in all competitions.
Bruno Fernandes set them on their way by converting a controversial penalty, before Mason Greenwood took his tally to four goals in three games prior to the break.
EPL Standings
Match Events
25' OFF THE POST! Trezeguet almost goal!
27' Penalty Goal! Aston Villa 0-1 Man Utd (Bruno Fernandes)
Fernandes sends the penalty into the bottom-left corner and Reina dives the opposite way. United are on their way to another big victory.
37' Greenwood's attempt stopped by Reina
45' Bruno Fernandes's header just over the bar!
50' GOAL! Aston Villa 0-2 Man Utd (Greenwood)
Martial takes the ball off Mings inside his own half. Fernandes plays it forward and Greenwood exchanges passes with Martial before firing a shot past Reina from 20 yards.
56' OFFSIDE! Rashford goal disallowed
58' GOAL! Aston Villa 0-3 Man Utd (Pogba)
Pogba wraps up the three points for United! Fernandes picks out an unmarked Pogba from the corner and the Frenchman, after initially struggling to get the ball out of his feet, sends a 20-yard shot spinning away from Reina.
61' CLOSE! Martial hits the cross-bar!
82' Rashford's free-kick flies into the sky
92' SAVE! Fine stop from Reina
Line-ups
Aston Villa XI: Reina, Taylor, M. Samatta, Grealish, Trezeguet, McGinn, Hause, Mings, El Ghazi, Ngoyo, Douglas Luiz
Subs: El Mohamady, Nyland, Hourihane, Lansbury, Jota Peleteiro, Guilbert, Nakamba, Davis, I. Vassilev
Man Utd XI: Matic, De Gea, Lindelof, Pogba, Maguire, Shaw, Martial, Bruno Fernandes, Rashford, Wan-Bissaka, Greenwood
Subs: Romero, Mata, Ighalo, Fred, Pereira, Bailly, Daniel James, McTominay, Brandon Williams