Man Utd blow another lead to lose ground ahead of Mourinho's return

Manchester United threw away a second-half lead to remain eight points outside the Premier League's top four with a 2-2 draw at home to Aston Villa on Sunday.

Jack Grealish put Villa in front with a superb solo effort, but United levelled before the break when Marcus Rashford's header hit the post and came off Villa goalkeeper Tom Heaton into his own net before Victor Lindelof then headed the hosts in front.

But a week after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men surrendered a late lead to draw 3-3 with Sheffield United, they did not learn their lesson as Tyrone Mings secured a deserved point for Villa.

The loss of those four points has cost United the chance to climb up to fifth in the table.

Instead they lie down in ninth and trail two points behind a revitalised Tottenham, who visit Old Trafford on Wednesday with new boss Jose Mourinho eying revenge against the club that sacked him 11 months ago.

"I wouldn't be sat here talking about us sitting fifth if we had got that goal extra," said Solskjaer.

"The league table at this point is not the biggest concern, it's so tight. I just need to make sure we get performances and get three or four performances and results after each other.

"What I can say is so far we have had the lead in so many games and haven't been able to win those games. Six or seven times we have been up and we should be better at seeing these games into wins."
"But then he missed a chance he would have scored 99 times out of 100 and they go up the other end and score."