Manchester United4-4Aston Villa
Manchester United come from two goals down twice to draw 4-4 with Aston Villa
Manchester United were two goals down twice at Old Trafford on Sunday and drew 4-4 with Aston Villa, the equaliser arriving six minutes into stoppage time. Manchester United had 26 shots to Villa's 12 and expected goals of 3.55 to 2.88. The crowd of 74,149 saw eight goals and very little defending.
Villa's Alysson scored in the first minute with a shot that squeezed under Manchester United goalkeeper Senne Lammens, who then parried a second Alysson shot, and Villa's Nicolas Jackson fired in the loose ball in the fourth. Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes scored a penalty in the 16th minute after his team-mate Matheus Cunha was brought down by Villa's Boubacar Kamara, and Manchester United's Youri Tielemans drove in from his team-mate Noussair Mazraoui's cut-back in the 44th. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Villa's John McGinn scored a penalty in the 48th minute after Manchester United's Diogo Dalot brought down Villa's Alysson. In the 53rd, in the scramble after a free-kick, Manchester United's Leny Yoro nodded the ball towards his own goalkeeper Lammens, whose punch struck the crossbar, and Villa's Leon Goretzka prodded in. Villa led four-two and looked set to keep it.
Manchester United substitute Joshua Zirkzee pulled one back two minutes into stoppage time, set up by his fellow substitute Patrick Dorgu, and Dorgu headed in a corner from his Manchester United team-mate Bruno Fernandes six minutes into stoppage time. Recovering from two-goal deficits is becoming a habit: Manchester United did it against Roma on Tuesday and twice more here, three times in a week.
Manchester United goalkeeper Lammens ought to have done better with Villa's first two goals, and his defenders Dalot and Yoro made the mistakes that led to the third and fourth. Michael Carrick's side, with 30 goals conceded in all competitions, drop from 17th to 18th on eight points, still without a Premier League win since August. Villa let slip what would have been their first win in four games and stay 10th on 13.
The statistics, line-ups and key moments are in the full match report.
Match events and statistics
- 1'AlyssonGoal · Aston Villa
- 4'N. JacksonGoal · Aston Villa
- 16'Bruno FernandesPenalty · Manchester United
- 44'Y. TielemansGoal · Manchester United
- 48'J. McGinnPenalty · Aston Villa
- 53'L. GoretzkaGoal · Aston Villa
- 90+2'J. ZirkzeeGoal · Manchester United
- 90+6'P. DorguGoal · Manchester United
Manchester United / Aston Villa