Man Utd draw 4-4 with Aston Villa as Dublin and Osman pick apart defending

On Sunday 8 November 2026, Manchester United drew 4-4 with Aston Villa at Old Trafford in week 10 of the Premier League. The hosts twice came back from behind, and scored the equaliser in stoppage time.

How the match unfolded

The visitors started strongly. Alysson put them ahead in the 2nd minute, and shortly afterwards Nicolas Jackson capitalised on a mistake by United goalkeeper Senne Lammens to make it 2-0. The hosts responded in the 16th minute, when Bruno Fernandes calmly converted a penalty awarded for a foul on Matheus Cunha. Youri Tielemans levelled at 2-2 before half-time (44th minute).

After the break Villa went ahead again quickly. In the 48th minute John McGinn scored from the spot after Diogo Dalot fouled Alysson. A few minutes later Leon Goretzka put the ball in the net after a scramble caused by a failed clearance from Lenny Yoro.

United did not give up. In stoppage time Joshua Zirkzee pulled one back, and in the 96th minute Patrick Dorgu made it 4-4 from a corner taken by Bruno Fernandes. Aston Villa were without the suspended Matty Cash, who was banned for accumulated yellow cards.

Match of the Day analysis

BBC Sport has published a clip from Match of the Day in which pundits Dion Dublin and Leon Osman discuss what is going wrong in United's defending. According to the broadcaster's description, all four goals conceded against Villa were avoidable. We could not access the video, so we do not go into detail on the analysis.

Context

Eurosport reports that United, managed by Michael Carrick, are slowly climbing out of a poor run of form. Both teams are playing in European competition this season, and Sportowefakty described the match as a clash of Champions League participants.