English Premier League Results: MU Avoid Defeat, Chelsea Fall At Sunderland's Home Ground

Different results were recorded by Manchester United (MU) and Chelsea on matchweek 10 of the 2026/2027 English Premier League. Manchester United avoided defeat after playing out a thrilling 4-4 draw against Aston Villa, while Chelsea were beaten 0-1 by Sunderland.

Hosting Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday evening, 8 November 2026 WIB, Manchester United played out a highly dramatic contest. Both sides traded goals repeatedly throughout the match, ending with a total of eight goals scored.

Aston Villa took an early two-goal lead through strikes from Alysson Edward and Nicolas Jackson. However, the home side fought back to level the score via a penalty from Bruno Fernandes and a finish from Youri Tielemans.

After the break, Aston Villa pulled ahead once again as John McGinn converted a penalty before Leon Goretzka added another. With victory looking all but secured for the visitors, Manchester United struck twice in stoppage time through Joshua Zirkzee and Patrick Dorgu to rescue a point.

This draw leaves Aston Villa in 10th place in the provisional standings with 13 points. Manchester United meanwhile remain 18th with 8 points, as published on the official English Premier League website.

In the other fixture, Chelsea left empty handed on their trip to Sunderland's Stadium of Light. The Blues fell 0-1 courtesy of a first half Enzo Le Fee penalty.

This defeat drops Chelsea down to 5th position in the temporary league table with 16 points, overtaken by Liverpool who had earlier picked up a win against Crystal Palace.

By contrast, this victory over Chelsea lifts Sunderland up to 18th place, also on 8 points.

United Salvage Point With Two Stoppage Time Goals

Aston Villa made a blistering start at Old Trafford, taking the lead after just 2 minutes. Alysson Edward converted a low John McGinn cross inside the penalty area to put the visitors 1-0 up.

Just two minutes later, Nicolas Jackson doubled Aston Villa's advantage, pouncing on a rebound after Senne Lammens had parried Alysson's initial shot.

Manchester United began to rally and won a chance to pull one back in the 16th minute. The referee pointed to the spot after Boubacar Kamara fouled Matheus Cunha inside the box.

Bruno Fernandes stepped up and successfully converted the penalty, reducing the deficit to 1-2.

The hosts continued to pile on pressure and finally drew level just before half time. In the 44th minute, Youri Tielemans found the back of the net with a flicked finish that goalkeeper Suzuki failed to keep out.

The score remained 2-2 going into the half time break.

At the start of the second half, momentum swung back towards Aston Villa. Unai Emery's side were awarded a penalty when Diogo Dalot brought down Alysson Edward inside the box.

John McGinn took the spot kick and made it 3-2 to Villa in the 48th minute.

Five minutes later, Aston Villa extended their lead further. Leon Goretzka scored the visitors' fourth goal, finishing off a Nicolas Jackson pass from a set piece build up.

Despite trailing by two goals, Manchester United refused to give up the chase. Joshua Zirkzee pulled one back in the 90+2nd minute to make it 3-4.

There was still more drama to come. Four minutes later, Patrick Dorgu met Bruno Fernandes' cross to fire home the equaliser in the 90+6th minute.

The match finished 4-4, with Manchester United securing a single point having looked certain to fall to defeat.

Chelsea Fall To Defeat At Sunderland

Elsewhere, Chelsea suffered a disappointing result on their visit to the Stadium of Light to face Sunderland.

The hosts started the match aggressively, despite losing captain Granit Xhaka to injury in just the 4th minute. Sunderland continued to put consistent pressure on Chelsea's defensive line.

Chelsea created their first clear chance through Morgan Rogers in the 25th minute, but his effort went wide and did not properly test the home goalkeeper.

Sunderland eventually broke the deadlock from the penalty spot. The referee awarded the spot kick following a VAR review, after Levi Colwill fouled Brian Brobbey inside the area.

Enzo Le Fee was entrusted with the penalty, and sent Chelsea goalkeeper Mike Penders the wrong way to put Sunderland 1-0 ahead.

Chelsea pushed for an equaliser before half time, with Cole Palmer and his teammates building attacking moves, but could not find a way through the home defence.

After the restart, Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso made an attacking change, replacing Levi Colwill with Estevao to add more threat going forward.

Chelsea proceeded to dominate possession and camped inside Sunderland's half for long periods. However, the well organised home backline shut down almost every dangerous opportunity for the visitors.

Sunderland threatened on the counter attack on multiple occasions, and had chances to double their lead, but poor finishing meant the scoreline stayed unchanged.

The full time whistle confirmed Sunderland's 1-0 victory, as they secured all three points in front of their home supporters.

These results mean both Manchester United and Chelsea failed to register a victory on matchweek 10 of the 2026/2027 English Premier League, albeit in very different circumstances.