Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick has said his side’s 2-2 draw with Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday is the very best video game he has actually managed since his consultation as the club’s boss.

United looked all set to win the game 13 minutes remaining after 2 Bruno Fernandes objectives.

But Jacob Ramsey and Philippe Coutinho, who came off the bench with 20 minutes to go having joined on loan from Barcelona in midweek, developed a famous resurgence for the house side.

United, without their legendary forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was out due to a hip injury, started with fantastic intent with Fernandes providing the lead after his tame strike from range in some way bobbled through the legs of goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

However, United could not hold on to their lead as Ramsey got the Villa Park crowd rocking with a well-taken finish with 13 minutes left.

In spite of the poor result, Rangnick informed Sky Sports after the video game that it was actually his best considering that he came to Old Trafford in December.

“I felt it was the best game considering that I came here, in the very first half for 30 minutes we controlled the game. We took some advances however have a few things to do much better.

“The strategy was to press them in the midzone and we did that extremely well in the very first 30 minutes and controlled the ball, and those were the positives. When you are 2-0 up you have to safeguard better than we did in the last 15 minutes.

“Right now is really frustrating, what we showed was an advance however it has to do with getting the results, it feels like 2 points lost and distributed.”

Aston Villa will deal with Everton next Saturday while United has a rearranged Premier League clash with Brentford on Wednesday prior to hosting top-four competitors West Ham United on Saturday.

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