Manchester United were 2-0 down inside four minutes, and Dorgu’s 96th-minute header has rescued a 4-4 draw with Villa
Aston Villa led 4-2 going into stoppage time at Old Trafford before substitutes Joshua Zirkzee and Patrick Dorgu scored twice in four minutes. United stay 18th going into the international break.
Nov 9, 2026
Michael Carrick’s Manchester United have given their fans very little to cheer this season, and for 90 minutes on Sunday it looked like Old Trafford would get even less. Aston Villa were 2-0 up inside four minutes and 4-2 up going into stoppage time. Joshua Zirkzee and Patrick Dorgu then scored in the space of four minutes, and the game finished 4-4.
United still go into the international break 18th, with one win from ten league games. A large part of the home crowd had already gone home when Dorgu’s header went in, and the ones who stayed will remember it.
Two goals before the fourth minute was out
The start was as bad as it gets. Alysson went through the legs of Senne Lammens with the first attack of the game, and Nicolas Jackson poked in a second after another goalkeeping mistake in the fourth minute. United had never been 2-0 down that quickly in a Premier League match.
They came back before half-time. Boubacar Kamara brought down Matheus Cunha and Bruno Fernandes scored the penalty in the 16th minute. Youri Tielemans, playing against the club he left, made it 2-2 just before the break.
Villa pull away, then let it go
Villa took over again straight after half-time. Diogo Dalot gave away a penalty and John McGinn scored it in the 48th minute, and Leon Goretzka bundled in a fourth from close range five minutes later. For half an hour after that, Unai Emery looked set for his first win at Old Trafford.
Carrick sent Zirkzee on for Bryan Mbeumo in the 83rd minute. Two minutes into stoppage time the Dutchman swept in a cross from Dorgu, himself a second-half substitute, to make it 4-3. With the last real chance of the afternoon, Zion Suzuki made a mess of a corner in the Villa goal and Dorgu headed the equaliser.
Where it leaves both clubs
United have eight points from ten games, with one win, five draws and four defeats, and have not won in eight league matches. Their one recent win came in the Champions League in midweek, when they recovered from 2-0 down to beat Roma. Twice in five days they have found something late. Neither result has moved them out of the bottom three.
Villa stay tenth on 13 points. Emery walked down the tunnel before the final whistle and called the draw a defeat afterwards. He has now been to Old Trafford ten times as a manager without winning, and this was the closest he has come.