Manchester United fight back twice to draw 4-4 with Aston Villa in Old Trafford thriller

Old Trafford stadium
Old Trafford, Manchester United's home ground, where the 4-4 draw with Aston Villa was played.

Manchester United twice fought back from two goals down to draw 4-4 with Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday, with substitutes Joshua Zirkzee and Patrick Dorgu both scoring in stoppage time to rescue a point. The equaliser came in the 96th minute of a match that closed Premier League matchweek 10.

Villa led 4-2 early in the second half. John McGinn's penalty, conceded after a challenge from Diogo Dalot, had made it 3-2, and Leon Goretzka finished after a poor error from Leny Yoro to stretch the lead. United had already clawed their way back once before, and they did it again in the closing minutes, with Zirkzee and Dorgu turning a two-goal deficit into a draw.

The point did little for United's position. They remain 18th in the table on eight points from 10 games, still without a win in eight Premier League matches, a run that equals their worst ever without a victory in the competition. Michael Carrick's side go into the international break in the relegation zone.

NBC Sports' live account and the WAM match report agree on the 4-4 scoreline and on the stoppage-time goals that decided it, and the sequence of scorers matches the match record. United's league position and the length of the winless run are as reported by NBC Sports.

A draw that felt like a win on the night changes nothing on the table, and that is the tension Carrick carries into the break: his side showed enough spirit to come back twice, yet still sit among the bottom three after 10 games. Villa, for their part, led by two goals twice and left with one point. Both sides regroup over the international break before the season resumes.