Morgan Rogers scores twice for Aston Villa in their 2-1 win against Manchester United, extending Villa’s unbeaten run to 10 matches in all competitions. Source link

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery praises his “fantastic” players in a hard-fought 2-1 win against Manchester United. Source link

Match of the Day pundit Dion Dublin analyses what went wrong for Manchester United against Aston Villa, and Wayne Rooney discusses the World Cup potential of “man of the moment” Morgan Rogers. WATCH MORE: Stunning Rogers double secures Villa win over Man Utd Available to UK users only. Source link

Available for 29 days Katie Smith is joined by former West Ham and Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker and Brighton midfielder Fran Kirby to look ahead to the busy festive football period. They discuss what it’s like to be a footballer at Christmas time and whether it’s possible to enjoy the holidays while also getting […]

Manchester United are among the highest scoring teams in recent gameweeks and only rivals Manchester City have a higher expected goals (xG) this season. No European football – and therefore fewer midweek fixtures – is seemingly helping their Premier League form and they have some great games on the horizon. Bruno Fernandes’ injury will put […]

Born in the Viewpark area of North Lanarkshire, Robertson played for Drumchapel Amateurs and Scotland at youth level before joining Forest in May 1970, making his debut later that year. Having been on the transfer list before Clough’s arrival in 1975, he became a key player under the iconic manager, appearing in 243 consecutive games […]

Robertson had played for Scotland at schoolboy and youth level before joining Forest as a teenager in 1970. He had failed to make an impact until Clough’s appointment, but the great manager saw something he could nurture. In his autobiography Clough wrote: “Rarely could there have been a more unlikely looking professional athlete… scruffy, unfit, […]

Martin O’Neill, Nottingham Forest team-mate and manager at Celtic He was a beautiful footballer who could play with both feet, terrific ability. I keep getting back to this word, fulcrum. He very seldom missed football matches and we needed John to play every single one of those games. He’s played his part in footballing history, […]

Rooney’s love of boxing has never been a secret. He even went viral in 2015 for sparring with friend and former Manchester United team-mate Phil Bardsley in his kitchen. But Rooney revealed he has also targeted someone who would put up more of a fight than Bardsley – former world champion Joe Calzaghe, at his […]

Being so close to the action also posed other occupational hazards. “Trabzonspor versus Aston Villa, I was suddenly knocked out because of the supporters throwing rocks,” said Haroun. Rocks were not the only danger, it was footballing legends taking shots on goal, too. “Wayne Rooney, [while] practising, knocked me out one day,” she added. “Denis […]