The diminutive left footer, who is usually deployed in the No10 position, was all the talk before the game following his managers comments on Tuesday. Thats what I want to do, just get my head down and play football. Ive never in my career been put in a situation like that. His manager went on to describe him as the best right-back in the Premier League as he made over 200 appearances before joining Manchester City. The pair were level in the Premier League and had drawn 0-0 at Villa Park in the original game. He formed a no-nonsense centre-back pairing with Kolo Toure for the “Invincibles season, and went on to make 211 appearances for the Gunners. The first half was really good – really good – from Daniel. There was still time for Tony Adams to head wide with the final act of the game as United prevailed in an absolute classic. been known to ask press officer McCann for permission to swear – including after defeat to Manchester City in last year’s League Cup final. Reuters5Jurgen Klopp made seven changes and saw his side dominate Championship strugglersGetty Image.