Video Assistant Refereepublished at 16:12 GMT 26 February 2022

16:12 GMT 26 February 2022

Man Utd 0-0 Watford

Cristiano Ronaldo controls the ball before Hassane Kamara comes in from behind and looks to take out the Portuguese.

Check complete, no penalty, just a throw-in.

Christian Eriksen is involved straight away as Brentford look to pull one back, but his lay-off can't find a team-mate inside the Newcastle box.

Cristiano Ronaldo looks in disbelief at referee Kevin Friend as he waves away another penalty appeal.

And here is the moment the whole football world has been waiting for, Christian Eriksen is coming on for Brentford.

The whole stadium stands to applaud the Dane, as he returns for the first time after suffering cardiac arrest at last summer's Euros. A lovely moment.

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Paul Pogba receives a pass in the box with his back to goal but wants too much time and is closed out.

Quite a feisty one, this. Ollie Watkins and Tyrone Mings are booked for an altercation also involving Marc Cucurella.

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Watford are going to nick one here you know.

Emmanuel Dennis, who scored in the reverse game, almost does so at Old Trafford but an effort deflects into the grateful hands of David de Gea.

Brentford have started the second half well, without really managing to open up Newcastle.

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It comes off Luka Milivojevic’s trailing leg.

He is sprinting back and can’t do anything about it.

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Watford are getting players forward in support of Emmanuel Dennis. But the key to counter-attacks is speed, in movement and decisions. They've taken that extra touch, but they need to things quicker, else it'll be a long afternoon. They've started well.

Danny Ings could be in a spot of bother here after catching Joel Veltman late.

"Off, off, off," is the chant, but it's just a word of caution for the Villa forward.

Wasn't much in that at all, to be fair.

Watford held out in the first half and almost make United pay.

David de Gea is trapped on his line at a corner keep allowing Samir a run on goal and heading wide from six yards out.

The ball drops to John McGinn inside the six-yard box but won't come down quickly enough for the Villa midfielder and Solly March can hack it clear.

The three 15:00 GMT games are back under way.

Christian Eriksen is knocking a few balls about during the break. Will we see him in the second half? That was the word beforehand.

Tariq Lamptey shuffles one way and then the other, before running out of options and reluctantly trying to shoot left-footed. Aston Villa standing firm with the lead at the moment.

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Matt Cash celebrated his goal by unveiling a message under his shirt for his Poland team-mate Tomasz Kedziora, who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and is still in the Ukrainian capital following the Russian invasion of the country., external

"Stay strong my bro," the message reads.

The Villa defender was booked for his celebration.