Hello friends, good vibes to all.

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First of all, Merry Christmas to all of you, it was a few days of disconnection but we are back. And if there is a place where soccer does not stop despite the dates, it is in England, they played on December 24, they will play on December 31 and even on January 1, this is why we have the best league in the world, in my opinion. But today's topic is not exactly that, it is one that has to do with everything that is happening with Manchester United. Yesterday was Boxing Day, a holiday in several countries around the world and it seems that it was also a holiday in the Red Devils' dressing room after their match against Unai Emery's Aston Villa.

The first thing to say is that the club has a new majority shareholder, it is a British businessman named Jim Ratcliffe who now owns 25% of the club. Why do I say this? - Because he will be the one making the decisions from now on with a team that I assume he will choose himself. It also has to do with the fact that yesterday's game was the first under his "governance" and it is known that he is not a big fan of Erik Ten Hag, there is talk that they are already looking for a replacement for the Dutchman. ManU's stats are not encouraging at all, the negative streak is impressive hence why they are so low in the table and playing such a poor game or at least this was the case until the second half of yesterday's game.

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This match was a challenge because they were facing the team that so far are third in the Premier League and I would say a revelation team for the quality of play they are showing, something very similar to Girona in Spain. As I said it was a high voltage game because Ten Hag has been in the hot seat for a while now, in fact if you ask me I would tell you that I don't understand what he is still doing in the dugout, but well, things of the past management I guess. I think that if Manchester lost it was very likely that at the time of writing this Ten Hag would have been fired but it was not like that, he dodged the bullet thanks to a dream second half, as it had not been seen for a long time.

The match started and we could already see that weak team in marking and especially in defense. It must be said that the list of injured players is quite large: Lisandro Martinez, Casemiro, Mount, Lindeloff, Diallo, Maguire, among others; players who could very well be starters and very decisive in their positions. The thing is that the first half was more of the same, Aston Villa with possession of the ball but without much concretion saw how Manchester ran after it without being able to do much either. The two goals of the visitors would come after a couple of set pieces, a free kick and a corner respectively, showing how weak this team is at scoring. The second goal especially was crazy, there were NINE Manchester men against only one Villa man when it came to finishing and they still couldn't defend well.

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0-2 at the end of the first half and the ghosts began to haunt Old Trafford, something inexplicable had to happen for the situation to be reversed and so it was, the unthinkable happened and Manchester showed an improvement in their game like almost never seen before this season. They advanced lines and the pressure was such that the first goal was in the legs of Garnacho product of a run by Rashford and thanks to a pass from Bruno. But I think the most important thing was the change of mentality and the defeatist chip that they carry with them, as Valdano said: "soccer is a state of mind". The good ball handling in the midfield continued and that's where the second goal came from again thanks to the young Argentinean with a shot inside the area. 2-2 and there was still a long time to go to turn it around.

The 3-2 was the work of Rasmus Højlund, finally the Dane shouted his first goal with the Manchester shirt, the pressure that this player had or has is brutal, being the 9 referential and that he has not been able to score goals until yesterday was something worrying. Will it be the awakening of this striker or was it just a mere coincidence? - We will have to wait for the next games. For the time being, the second 45 minutes were really good for Manchester United, we saw a competitive team, with grit and above all knowing what they were doing and with a clear objective. Even Onana looked good compared to other matches. At the moment Ten Hag is breathing, it is not saved, far from it, the season has been a disaster but yesterday was undoubtedly a breath of oxygen. United's big problem is instability, they play decently one game and do badly the next three. We will see how they do on Sunday against the sixteenth in the table on Sunday.

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Ten Hag is breathing and that's no small thing, but how long will the grace period last? - He's playing in overtime and he knows it, any more falls and it will be the end of the road for the Dutch coach.

Well friends that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡A hug to all, see you next time!