United captain may miss Europa final

MANCHESTER United recovered to beat Aston Villa 3-1 away in the Premier League yesterday as Bruno Fernandes, Mason Greenwood and Edinson Cavani scored in the second half to put on hold the title celebrations of Manchester City.

The result left United second on 70 points from 34 games, 10 behind City, who have played a game more and missed a chance to secure the title on Saturday after they suffered a 2-1 home defeat by Chelsea.

It also stretched United's unbeaten away league run to 25 games, but came at a cost as manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said captain Harry Maguire may miss the Europa League final against Spanish side Villarreal on May 26.

"It might be a few weeks or a month, we don't know," Solskjaer was quoted as saying by United's official website. “It looked like the boy (Anwar El Ghazi) landed on him and he twisted his ankle. I don’t know how serious it is. He might be available on Tuesday (against Leicester City), he might not."

United dominated the early stages and fullback Luke Shaw forced a good save from Emiliano Martinez before Bertrand Traore fired the hosts ahead out of the blue in the 24th minute.

The Burkinabe forward took advantage of sloppy defending by the visitors, who gave the ball away several times deep in their own half before he turned Victor Lindelof and unleashed a brilliant shot into the top corner from 15 metres.

But United hit back brilliantly.