Manchester United twice came from two goals down to draw 4-4 with Aston Villa at Old Trafford. Villa led 2-0 inside four minutes and 4-2 after 53, but Joshua Zirkzee scored in stoppage time and Patrick Dorgu headed an equaliser in the 96th minute.
Manchester, England: Old Trafford has seen plenty of wild afternoons. Aston Villa scored twice inside four minutes, led 4-2 early in the second half and still left with a point after Patrick Dorgu’s header in the sixth minute of stoppage time.
Villa strike before United settle
The visitors were ahead within a minute. Alysson, making a first-time finish from John McGinn’s pass, nutmegged Senne Lammens for his first Villa goal. Three minutes later Lammens parried another Alysson shot and Nicolas Jackson tapped in the rebound, and United were 2-0 down before most supporters had settled.
United hauled themselves back into the game. Bruno Fernandes scored a penalty in the 16th minute after Matheus Cunha was fouled by Kamara, and Youri Tielemans levelled at the stroke of half-time, steering home a chance created by Mazraoui.
Villa pull clear again
The second half began badly. Diogo Dalot fouled Alysson in the area in the 48th minute and McGinn converted the penalty. Five minutes later Leny Yoro headed McGinn’s free-kick against his own crossbar and Leon Goretzka forced the loose ball home from close range, making it 4-2.
Zirkzee, then Dorgu
United pushed on and the comeback came in the dying seconds. Substitute Joshua Zirkzee swept in a goal in the 92nd minute. Then, in the 96th, Dorgu rose to head a corner into the net as Villa goalkeeper Zion Suzuki flapped at it, completing the second two-goal recovery of the afternoon.
What it means
The point leaves United in the relegation zone, with the uncertainty over Michael Carrick’s future still hanging over the club days after United beat Roma 3-2 in the Champions League. Villa move into the top half of the table. Both clubs now go into the international break.
Result: Manchester United 4, Aston Villa 4 (Premier League, Old Trafford, 8 November 2026). United: Fernandes 16’ (pen), Tielemans 44’, Zirkzee 90+2’, Dorgu 90+6’. Villa: Alysson 1’, Jackson 4’, McGinn 48’ (pen), Goretzka 53’.
