Man Utd fans are furious with the position of their wall for Lucas Digne's free-kick

Manchester United fans believe their wall was stood too far back for Lucas Digne's free-kick in their 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa on Sunday.

The Red Devils slipped to their first Premier League defeat at Villa Park since 1995, with the home side coming out on top in Unai Emery's first game in charge.

Leon Bailey gave Villa the lead inside seven minutes before Digne bent home a lovely free-kick four minutes later.

United supporters aren't happy, however, believing referee Anthony Taylor made a huge error before the set piece was taken.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Donny van de Beek, Victor Lindelof and Casemiro were instructed to take their place in the wall inside the United penalty area.

That was a significant distance away from Digne, something Ronaldo attempted to point out to Taylor. He didn't change his mind and seconds later, Digne whipped his effort past David de Gea and into the United net.

@TenHagBall on Twitter worked out where United's players should've actually been stood and it makes for interesting viewing.

It looks like Ronaldo and company should've been where Villa players blocking their line of sight stood.

Images of the wall have gone viral on social media, with many United fans adding it's not an excuse for losing the game.

One person said: "If Bruno was playing he'd have 100 per cent argued back about this."

Another added: "I thought this while watching the game too."

Someone tweeted: "Margins matter. I noticed the same thing for one of our free kicks."

While another put: "So we all saw it too, right?"

United halved the deficit through a Jacob Ramsey own goal before the break. Ramsey then restored Villa's two-goal lead early in the second half.

It brings an end to United's eight-game unbeaten run in a disappointing manner.

Manager Erik ten Hag picked up on the United wall being too far back for Digne's goal but refused to use it as an excuse.

He told United's official website: "I think the free-kick [from Lucas Digne] is stoppable because the wall is too far [over]. Okay, these small details, but small details make a difference in top football.

"The details are everything to us because we were not fresh. When you start the game, you always have the attitude and I think that was one of our best standards, as we were really on the front foot and ready to play in all the games to now. Today, we were not."