Manchester United came from two goals down twice to draw 4-4 with Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday. Patrick Dorgu’s header in the 96th minute capped a chaotic Premier League afternoon.

Villa were two goals up inside four minutes. Alysson scored in the opening minutes, and Nicolas Jackson doubled the lead soon after. United pulled one back in the 16th minute when Bruno Fernandes converted a penalty after Boubacar Kamara brought down Matheus Cunha. Youri Tielemans levelled on the stroke of half-time, scoring against his former club after his summer move.

Noussair Mazraoui’s cut-back set him up, and the Villa fans had taunted him throughout.

Villa regained the lead within minutes of the restart. Diogo Dalot fouled Alysson in the box, and John McGinn scored the penalty in the 48th minute. Leon Goretzka made it 4-2 in the 53rd minute after a scramble in the United box. For a long time it looked as though Villa would hold on.

Joshua Zirkzee pulled one back in the 92nd minute. Then Fernandes delivered a corner and Dorgu headed home in the 96th minute to level at 4-4. Unai Emery was left furious on the touchline as his side let a two-goal lead slip for the second time. The point still leaves United in the bottom three, and they have not won a league game since August. Villa moved up to 10th with 13 points from 10 games.

The result came a day after Arsenal tightened their grip on the title race. They beat Hull City 1-0 at home on Saturday, with Martin Ødegaard scoring the 72nd-minute winner. He pounced after Noni Madueke’s effort was parried by goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis. It was Arsenal’s third 1-0 win in their last four league games. They have taken 27 points from a possible 30 and are six points clear at the top.

Manchester City could not respond. They lost 3-1 away at Nottingham Forest on Saturday, their third straight league defeat. Jair Cunha and former City academy product Liam Delap put Forest 2-0 up by the 18th minute. Rayan Cherki pulled one back early in the second half.

Delap restored the two-goal cushion in the 73rd minute with his second goal of the afternoon.

City had won their first seven league games under Enzo Maresca and now trail Arsenal by six points. The club is also awaiting punishment after being found guilty of more than 100 breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules, with a heavy points deduction among the possible sanctions.

Chelsea also slipped up on Sunday, losing 1-0 away at Sunderland. Enzo Le Fée scored from the penalty spot in the 36th minute after Levi Colwill brought down Brian Brobbey in the box. Sunderland were the better side for long spells, even after losing captain Granit Xhaka to injury within the first few minutes.

Xabi Alonso’s men had most of the possession but created little. Cole Palmer was denied a first-half penalty. Chelsea suffered a fourth league defeat of the season and dropped out of the top four. Sunderland claimed only their second win of the campaign, their first since August 30, and moved off the bottom of the table. The win eased the pressure on manager Regis Le Bris.

Liverpool bounced back with a 3-1 win at Crystal Palace, ending a two-game losing run that included defeats to Arsenal and Fenerbahce. Alexis Mac Allister headed in Dominik Szoboszlai’s free kick in the 40th minute. Florian Wirtz doubled the lead in the 54th minute, set up by Bradley Barcola, for his first Premier League goal of the season after a 12-game barren spell. Alexander Isak made it 3-0 in the 89th minute with a deflected effort, his seventh goal of the season. Eddie Nketiah scored a stoppage-time penalty to spoil Alisson’s clean sheet, but the Brazilian had made six saves to keep Palace at bay.

The defeat was Palace’s fourth in a row in the league. They sit bottom of the table and have conceded 24 goals in 10 games, their worst start of any league campaign since 1980-81. Manager Pierre Sage is under heavy pressure. Liverpool moved onto 18 points and now turn their attention to a trip to face Manchester United.

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