United gain three valuable points

Aston Villa 0-1 Man Utd - RES

Beckham 11

Aston Villa: Postma, Samuel, Mellberg, Johnsen, Wright, Hendrie, Hitzlsperger, Hadji, Barry, Vassell, Dublin.

Subs: Enckelman, Crouch, Kinsella, Edwards, Cooke.

Man Utd: Barthez, Gary Neville, Ferdinand, O’Shea, Silvestre, Beckham, Butt, Scholes, Giggs, van Nistelrooy, Solskjaer.

Subs: Phil Neville, Blanc, Ricardo, Forlan, Fletcher.

Referee: M Dean (Wirral)

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