Manchester United came from 4-2 down in stoppage time to draw 4-4 with Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday (8 November), but the point leaves them 18th in the Premier League going into the international break. The match kicked off at 12.30am on Monday, Singapore time, in front of 74,149.
Patrick Dorgu, a 66th-minute substitute, set up Joshua Zirkzee two minutes into added time and then headed the equaliser in the sixth, from a Bruno Fernandes corner with United goalkeeper Senne Lammens up in the Villa box.
Two down inside four minutes
Villa were two up inside four minutes. Alysson beat Lammens from John McGinn’s pass, and Nicolas Jackson scored from close range soon after.
The way back started with Matheus Cunha, who drew a penalty when Boubacar Kamara brought him down in the box. Fernandes converted it in the 16th minute, and Villa goalkeeper Zion Suzuki then saved from Cunha.
Youri Tielemans, who joined United from Villa in the summer, levelled in the 44th minute from Noussair Mazraoui’s cutback.
Villa pull clear again
The restart undid that work inside eight minutes. Diogo Dalot tripped Alysson and McGinn scored the penalty in the 48th minute. Five minutes later, from a free-kick, Leny Yoro headed towards his own goal, Lammens pushed the ball onto the woodwork and Leon Goretzka forced in Villa’s fourth.
Head coach Michael Carrick made three changes on 66 minutes, sending on Dorgu, Mason Mount and Shea Lacey. Mount hit the bar. Zirkzee, on for Bryan Mbeumo in the 83rd minute, swept in Dorgu’s cross in the 92nd, and four minutes later Dorgu headed in Fernandes’ corner after Suzuki failed to deal with it. Lammens, up for the corner, had run into Suzuki, but no foul was given.
What the point means
United have eight points from 10 matches: one win, five draws and four defeats. They are 18th, level with Sunderland but ahead on goal difference (minus five against minus nine), and one point behind Nottingham Forest and Coventry City. Their only league win this season is the 5-2 against Ipswich Town on 30 August, and Sunday’s draw makes it eight league matches without a win since then.
Villa are 10th on 13 points. The draw stretches their unbeaten league run to six matches, counted from the 3-2 win at Tottenham Hotspur on 19 September through to Sunday.
“Disappointed not to win the game. We were the better team for large parts,” Carrick told Sky Sports. “Made it difficult for ourselves with the goals we’re giving away.”
Villa manager Unai Emery told BBC Match of the Day: “I am disappointed but we move on.” McGinn, Villa’s captain, told the same programme: “We have to manage these moments better.”
Next up after the break
The Premier League returns on Saturday 21 November, when Villa host Sunderland at Villa Park at 11pm Singapore time. United go to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday 22 November, a 12.30am kick-off on Monday 23 November in Singapore.
