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		</div><p>Manchester United maintained their Champions League charge after a VAR blunder sparked a 3-0 win at Aston Villa.</p>
<p>Bruno Fernandes’ contentious penalty – after he appeared to tread on Ezri Konsa – gave the visitors the platform for victory at Villa Park.</p>
<p>Referee Jon Moss gave the spot-kick and his decision was backed up by VAR official Graham Scott, much to Villa’s disbelief and fury.</p>
<p>Mason Greenwood’s missile and Paul Pogba’s first goal for 453 days then saw United extend their unbeaten run to 17 games in all competitions in another statement of intent.</p>
<p>Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men closed the gap on fourth-placed Leicester to a point. Fifth-placed United go to the King Power Stadium on the final day of the season.</p>
<p>Villa raged about the penalty but defeat was another hammer blow to their dwindling hopes of avoiding the drop.</p>
<p>Trezeguet hit the post just before Fernandes’ opener, but Dean Smith’s side remain four points from safety with just four games left – starting at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday.</p>
<p>United marched on to keep the pressure on the top four in what looks set to be an increasingly frantic race for Europe.</p>
<p>Yet the visitors – unchanged for a fourth straight Premier League game for the first time since 2006 – were initially disjointed.</p>
<p>Villa pressed and contained United, creating the best chance of a bright opening 20 minutes.</p>
<p>The hosts had joy out wide and Konsa’s cross evaded the United backline to reach Jack Grealish, only for the Old Trafford target to fire wide at the far post.</p>
<p>With time running out to save themselves Villa needed something special and they almost caught United cold after 25 minutes.</p>
<p>Trezeguet strode forward unchallenged after Pepe Reina’s clearance, but his low strike hit the outside of the post, a miss which would prove costly two minutes later.</p>
<p>United had been leggy but took their golden chance to open the scoring when Fernandes went down under Konsa’s challenge.</p>
<p>Villa were furious, with the midfielder appearing to tread on Konsa – indeed it was more of a foul on the Villa man. But the decision stood after a VAR review.</p>
<p>It allowed Fernandes to roll in his seventh goal in just 10 Premier League appearances.</p>
<p>It was the turning point and Fernandes should have bagged a second just before the break but could only head Luke Shaw’s cross over from six yards.</p>
<p>Villa would have felt hard done by going into half-time a goal behind, yet Greenwood delivered a killer blow in stoppage time.</p>
<p>Anthony Martial pressured Tyrone Mings into conceding possession midway in United’s half for Fernandes and Greenwood to break.</p>
<p>Martial eventually returned the ball to Greenwood and, with Douglas Luiz standing off, the teenager’s rocket flew into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.</p>
<p>Villa’s belief ebbed away and Aaron Wan-Bissaka missed a fine chance to make it 3-0 three minutes after the break, heading Marcus Rashford’s centre wide.</p>
<p>Rashford had a goal ruled out with Pogba offside, but United did not have to wait long for their third which arrived after 58 minutes.</p>
<p>With Villa’s confidence shot, they left Pogba free 18 yards out and he had time to sweep a fine finish low past Reina – his first United goal since April 2019.</p>
<p>Martial smacked the bar as United threatened to run riot, but they were forced to settle for what they had after Rashford was denied by Reina late on.</p>
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