Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has defended the form of Andreas Pereira.

Pereira started his 12th Premier League game of the season against Aston Villa and was culpable for Jack Grealish's superb opener as United dropped more points in a 2-2 draw.

"Andreas is improving all the time," Solskjaer said. "He's a young boy working hard every single day to improve his game and he's played a few games this year.

"We found, more or less, his position; he's an attacking midfielder. Of course, when you lack your three more experienced ones with Nemanja, Paul and Scott, Andreas has to cover that role and he's doing a job for the team."