Dibu Martínez’s spectacular double save on Alejandro Garnacho and Cristiano Ronaldo in Aston Villa’s win over Manchester United

The Aston Villa was imposed on Manchester United at home by 3-1 in a duel where there was no lack of emotion. The villains they stayed with a victory in which one of the protagonists was the Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Back Martínez.

The goalkeeper of the Argentine team, who played his penultimate game before joining his country’s delegation, had a great contribution during the gameespecially to keep a clean sheet when the visitors wanted to discount after trailing 2-0 with goals from Leon Bailey and Lucas Digne.

The former Arsenal showed off with una double save at 33 minutesfirst drowning the goal to Alexander Garnacho and then, on the next move, to Cristiano Ronaldo.

In the first action, after a play from the right, the ball fell from the left side where he found the Hispanic-Argentine free of a mark. The 18 year old hooked and shot to the far postnevertheless, Back He got in the way of the shot and his defender was in charge of clearing the danger.

The play continued, possession remained at the feet of Christian Eriksen who, without hesitation, saw Cristiano Ronaldo at the penalty spot and sent a cross previously deflected by an Aston Villa man that landed directly on the Portuguese’s head.

But Emiliano Martinez appeared again, this time with great reflexes he put his right foot to prevent United from discounting.

The game continued with plays for both sides and, before the end of the first half, the visitors were able to break the zero on the scoreboard with a goal against England midfielder Jacob Ramsey. The teams went into the break 2-1 in their favor and then, at 49, the protagonist of the own goal was going to make up for it by converting the final 3-1.

This defeat put an end to the winning streak for Erik Ten Hag’s team. The Red Devils they haven’t lost since the thrashing they suffered in the Clásico of the city, when those led by Pep Guardiola won 6-3 at the Etihad Stadium.

United could not add, so placed fifth in the Premier League with 23 points and far behind the leader, Arsenal, with 11 more units. It is worth mentioning that both teams will meet again next Thursday when they meet in the third round of the EFL Cup at Old Trafford.

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