Javier Hernandez helped Manchester United come from behind to beat Aston Villa

Javier Hernandez inspired a Manchester United comeback as the visitors came from two goals down to win 3-2 at Aston Villa on Saturday evening.

Andreas Weimann scored either side of the interval to give the hosts an unlikely lead but half-time substitute Hernandez scored twice and had a shot turned into his own net by Ron Vlaar to keep United clear at the top of the Premier League.

Best of the Match:

• Man of the Match: Honourable mention for Andreas Weimann for his two goals, but Javier Hernandez wins it clearly for winning the match for United.
• Save of the Match: Great stop from David De Gea at point-blank range to deny Weimann his third.
• Effort of the Match: Robin van Persie's curling effort which slammed against the bar had Brad Guzan beaten.
• Goal of the Match: The winner was a brilliant header from Hernandez, took his chance brilliantly.
• Talking Point: What will this do to Villa? How much trouble are they in now?

United dominated much of the opening period with Villa content to sit back and soak up the pressure and hope to hit the visitors on the counter-attack.
It looked to be paying off as Antonio Valencia and Paul Scholes both failed to test Guzan with long-range chances and the Villa defence managed to shackle the threat of Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie for long spells.
Villa hit the front in first-half stoppage time when Christian Benteke shrugged off Chris Smalling and squared for Weimann to beat David de Gea with a perfectly hit first-time shot.
The Austrian was on target again five minutes after the restart as Stephen Ireland found Gabriel Agbonlahor in space on the left and he drilled in a low shot to give Weimann a five-yard tap-in.
But United responded well and Hernandez timed his run onto a Scholes pass to perfection and managed to dig the ball out from under his feet before beating Guzan on 58.
The visitors were back on level terms five minutes later when Rafael stood up a cross to the back post which was met by Hernandez and his volley struck Vlaar to leave Guzan wrong-footed.
Guzan kept his side in it with a full-stretch save from Rooney while Weimann was denied his hat-trick by a reaction save from De Gea as the Villa man met a Barry Bannan cross with a thumping header.
But it was all United thereafter and Van Persie was twice denied by the woodwork in as many minutes, the crossbar still shaking after his thumping header from a Rooney corner when he hit it again with a delightful 25-yard curler.
The Red Devils were laying siege to the Villa goal and the hosts' resistance was finally broken three minutes from time when Hernandez stooped to head home Van Persie's brilliant free-kick.
United never know when they are beaten and after seldom posing a threat in the opening 45 minutes, the introduction of Hernandez sparked them into life.
They dominated the second period and their persistence finally paid off as they took their goal tally to 29 in 11 league games.
Hernandez also took the match-ball and confirmed he has every intention of claiming the second goal which deflected in off Vlaar. Either way the Mexican was the star of the show.
The win stretches United's advantage over nearest rivals Chelsea to four points after another of their now famous fightbacks
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