Manchester United 4-4 Aston Villa. Villa manage to score four away from home, even won a penalty at Old Trafford, yet still only came back with one point.
The post-mortem opens a very murky case. Christmas came early: United's goalkeeping handed Villa the first two goals and their defence kept the presents coming. Then Villa found a way to give every one of them back, twice.
How does a side that has just scored four at Old Trafford fail to win? That is the question the show cannot leave alone. Was it a lack of quality, poor substitutions, or is it centred around a weak mentality? Why did a team finally in control for half an hour stop playing the moment it mattered, and why did the final blow come from another corner? Has Suzuki been found out?
It is not all misery. A Villa penalty at Old Trafford is the kind of miracle you tell your grandchildren about. Also, at least one Villa player is flying this week, and he's even topped the Speed Demon charts for the season.
The bigger picture is not pretty though. Four games without a win since beating Manchester City, a fortnight of international football to stew over it, and a verdict on whether the Villa rebuild is still ahead of schedule or have we been fooling ourselves?
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