Ferguson not impressed with Man Utd's late comeback to draw against Villa

Patrice Evra of Manchester United is tackled by Luke Young of Aston Villa during the English Premier League match at Villa Park in Birmingham on Saturday. Pic/Getty Images

Sir Alex Ferguson's team looked set to suffer their first league defeat since April when Ashley Young's second half-penalty was followed by a Marc Albrighton strike for Villa.

But United substitute Federico Macheda reduced the deficit with a superb strike nine minutes from full-time and Serbia defender Nemanja Vidic dived in to head the equaliser from Nani's cross four minutes later.

Although United were understandably delighted to escape Villa Park unscathed, Ferguson's second-placed side, who are now three points behind Chelsea, will still be left to count the cost of a sloppy display if the leaders open up a six-point gap by beating Sunderland on Sunday.

"In the second half it was carelessness on our part. Our passing was poor. Normally we can control the match. We didn't control it," Ferguson said. "We are a club, though, that never says there is no way back. We brought people on and they changed the game in fairness to them.

"Macheda scored a great goal and with another five minutes we would have won the game."

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