Luke Shaw admitted that Manchester United were “sloppy” against Aston Villa and were fully deserving of the defeat on Sunday afternoon.
United came into the match unbeaten in nine matches, but put in a poor performance to be beaten 3-1 at Villa Park in Unai Emery’s first game as manager. Villa were 2-0 up after just 11 minutes, with Leon Bailey finding the bottom corner before Lucas Digne curled a free-kick past David de Gea.
Alejandro Garnacho and Cristiano Ronaldo saw shots saved by Emi Martinez before Shaw halved the deficit with a fortuitous deflection off Villa midfielder Jacob Ramsey. United could not build on the goal however and Ramsey picked out the top corner just after the break to put Villa two goals ahead once again.
