Aston Villa's scoreless draw with visiting Manchester United was a "fair" result, according to Unai Emery. Villa found themselves on the back foot to start the match as United looked to score early, but the table turned in the second half as the hosts were the ones in control for long stretches.

Aston Villa were held to low-key goalless draw by Manchester United, as they signed off for the international break by adding another point to their tally. The stalemate with underperforming United proved to be a case of after the Lord Mayor's Show following the club's victory over Bayern Munich in the week.

Manchester United ground out a 0-0 draw at Aston Villa on Sunday in a Premier League game steeped in speculation about the future of the visitors' under-fire manager Erik ten Hag. The draw sends Unai Emery's team into the international break in fifth in the table on 14 points after seven games,