Premier League Sunday: Brighton go second as Manchester United snatch a 4-4 draw with Aston Villa

Five Premier League matches on Sunday, 8 November 2026, reshaped the table heading into the international break. Brighton and Hove Albion climbed to second with a 2-0 home win over 10-man Brentford. Liverpool won 3-1 at Crystal Palace to move fourth. Sunderland beat Chelsea 1-0 at the Stadium of Light for their first league win since August. Bournemouth won 2-1 at Ipswich Town. And at Old Trafford, Manchester United twice recovered from two-goal deficits to draw 4-4 with Aston Villa, yet stayed in the relegation zone.

Sunday's results are separate from Saturday's round of fixtures, which included Arsenal's win over Hull City and Nottingham Forest's victory against Manchester City.

How did Manchester United come back twice against Aston Villa?

Villa led 2-0 inside four minutes at Old Trafford, in front of an attendance of 74,149. Alysson opened the scoring in the first minute, his shot going under goalkeeper Senne Lammens, BBC Sport reported. Moments later Lammens parried another Alysson effort and Nicolas Jackson scored from the loose ball.

United were awarded a penalty in the 16th minute after Boubacar Kamara brought down Matheus Cunha. Bruno Fernandes scored from the spot. Just before half-time, Youri Tielemans — who joined United from Villa in the summer — equalised from Noussair Mazraoui's cutback.

The second half quickly tilted back towards Villa. One minute after the restart, Diogo Dalot fouled Alysson and John McGinn scored the resulting penalty in the 48th minute. Leon Goretzka made it 4-2 in the 53rd minute after, BBC Sport said, Leny Yoro headed the ball back towards Lammens, who punched it onto his own crossbar; Goretzka finished at the back post.

That looked enough until stoppage time. Joshua Zirkzee scored in the second added minute, after coming on for Bryan Mbeumo, and Patrick Dorgu headed in from a corner in the sixth added minute. A VAR check followed, BBC Sport said, and the equaliser stood. United almost won it with the last kick, but the delivery ran wide.

United remain 18th on eight points from 10 matches, one point from safety, with their only Premier League win of the season still the one they recorded in August. Villa are 10th on 13 points. Manager Michael Carrick told BBC Match of the Day that his side had made it hard for themselves through mistakes but "never gave up". Unai Emery told Sky Sports that Villa had "lost two points" after leading 4-2 in the 90th minute. Captain McGinn told BBC Match of the Day: "We threw it away. The last five minutes were just madness."

Dorgu, who scored the equaliser after replacing Dalot, told Sky Sports: "I don't feel happy — we are in a bad situation." BBC Sport noted that United have conceded 30 goals in all competitions this season, more than any side in Europe's top five leagues.

How did Brighton move up to second?

Brighton beat Brentford 2-0 at the American Express Stadium, with an attendance of 31,629, and went second on 22 points from 10 matches — five behind leaders Arsenal and one above Manchester City, who had lost at Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Diego Gomez scored in the 15th minute with a left-footed shot from about 25 yards into the top-left corner, BBC Sport reported. Eight minutes later Igor Thiago was sent off for violent conduct. Referee Michael Oliver first showed a yellow card after a clash with Chema Andres, then, after a review on the pitchside monitor, dismissed the Brentford forward when replays showed his arm catching Andres in the face.

Pascal Gross scored from the penalty spot in the 42nd minute after Keane Lewis-Potter fouled Luka Vuskovic. BBC Sport said Brentford did not manage a shot on target. Gross, speaking to Sky Sports, played down talk of a title race: "No. We are not in a title race. But we have started the season really well." Brighton are the league's highest scorers, with 26 goals, and have conceded only seven.

Brentford dropped to eighth on 14 points.

What happened at Selhurst Park and the Stadium of Light?

Liverpool won 3-1 at Crystal Palace and moved up to fourth on 18 points. Alexis Mac Allister headed in from a free-kick routine in the 40th minute, assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai. Florian Wirtz finished from Bradley Barcola's pass in the 54th minute — his first Premier League goal since scoring against Palace in April, BBC Sport said. Alexander Isak added a third on the break in the 89th minute, assisted by Wirtz, for his seventh league goal of the season. Eddie Nketiah scored a 95th-minute penalty after Milos Kerkez was penalised.

Palace hit the crossbar through Yeremy Pino and had a Jorgen Strand Larsen effort ruled out for offside. BBC Sport said Alisson Becker made six saves. Palace are bottom of the table on seven points from 10 matches, with four straight league defeats. Head coach Pierre Sage, who succeeded Oliver Glasner in the summer, has taken seven points from a possible 30, BBC Sport reported. Sage told BBC Match of the Day that his side had created chances but "missed too much", adding: "To have the chances, to have the expected goals, to have the possession is not winning."

Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola called it "an important win" after a midweek loss at Fenerbahce, but said he was "very upset" about the late penalty. BBC Sport said Liverpool have won four consecutive away matches and that their two league defeats this season have both come at Anfield.

Sunderland beat Chelsea 1-0 through an Enzo Le Fée penalty in the 36th minute. Referee Jarred Gillett decided that Levi Colwill had pulled Brian Brobbey down, a call BBC Sport described as controversial because both players had been grappling. Le Fée sent goalkeeper Mike Penders the wrong way. BBC Sport said Le Fée has scored three Premier League penalties this season, more than any other player.