Dorgu’s 96th-Minute Header Completes United’s Stunning Fightback in 4-4 Villa Classic

Manchester United staged an extraordinary stoppage-time comeback to draw 4-4 with Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday, but they will still spend the international break inside the Premier League relegation zone.

Villa were two goals up inside four minutes, with Alysson and Nicolas Jackson punishing errors from goalkeeper Senne Lammens, before Bruno Fernandes converted a 13th-minute penalty and Youri Tielemans levelled against his former club before the break.

John McGinn restored Villa's lead from the penalty spot early in the second half and Leon Goretzka made it 4-2, but substitutes Joshua Zirkzee and Patrick Dorgu struck in the second and sixth minutes of stoppage time — Dorgu heading home a Fernandes corner — to rescue a point.

A reprieve for Carrick

The late rescue gives under-fire manager Michael Carrick some breathing room, but United are now eight league games without a win — equalling their worst-ever run in the competition — and sit 18th, their lowest position ten games into a top-flight season since 1986-87.

Villa denied again

It was a brutal finish for Unai Emery's side, who scored four goals at Old Trafford for the first time since 1963 and still could not win. Villa, unbeaten in six league games, climb to tenth heading into the break.

Source: The Analyst