Man United concedes two goals in four minutes against Aston Villa, fights back to 2-2 at halftime

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United conceded two goals in less than four minutes against Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday to pile more pressure on coach Michael Carrick before his team again rallied.

Villa forward Alysson fired through the legs of United goalkeeper Senne Lammens from the first attack of the game at Old Trafford and striker Nicolas Jackson added a second in the fourth to spark boos from the home fans.

With the second goal timed at 3 minutes, 42 seconds, it was the earliest United had ever been 2-0 down in the Premier League.

United supporters had already protested against the owners, the Glazer family and Jim Ratcliffe, before kickoff, calling on them to sell the club after years of underachievement.

And the jeers grew louder after Villa's quick-fire start, with fans chanting “We want Glazers out”.

United pulled a goal back from the penalty spot in the 16th, with Bruno Fernandes converting after Matheus Cunha was brought down in the box by Boubacar Kamara. And the fightback continued with Youri Tielemans leveling just before the break to make it 2-2 at halftime.

United also went 2-0 behind to Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday, after 17 minutes, the quickest it had ever been behind by that scoreline in a European home game. United went on to win 3-2.

Carrick went into the match with uncertainty hanging over his position following United's worst start since the 1986-87 campaign, which led to the hiring of club icon Alex Ferguson.

United started the game second last in the standings, above bottom-placed Crystal Palace on goal difference.

Its only league win of the season was against newly promoted Ipswich on Aug. 30.

Villa fans taunted Carrick with chants of “You're getting sacked (fired) in the morning” and targeted former player Tielemans, singing “You used to play for a big club”.

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Manchester United's head coach Michael Carrick reacts during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Aston Villa in Manchester, England, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

Aston Villa's Alysson celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Aston Villa in Manchester, England, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

Soccer fans display a banner prior to the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Aston Villa in Manchester, England, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

Soccer fans display banners prior to the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Aston Villa in Manchester, England, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

CAIRO (AP) — Seven people were killed and over 100 others injured when two trains collided Sunday south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the Chief Prosecutor’s office said in a statement. It also said the train’s conductor was among those killed.

The crash occurred in al-Ayyat district in Giza province, about 52 kilometers (32 miles) south of Cairo, when a train traveling to the southwestern Fayoum province crashed into the rear of a train heading to the southern province of Aswan, according to the Transportation Ministry.

The Chief Prosecutor's office said late Sunday its investigators had arrived at the site. An inspection indicated that the crash took place when the Giza-Fayyoum train collided with the last carriage of the Cairo-Aswan train, that was stationary on the same track and traveling in the same direction, officials said.

Train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where the railway system which has a history of mismanagement and poor maintenance of equipment. In recent years, the government announced modernization initiatives to improve its railways.

Ayman Gamal, a resident of Kafr Girza in al-Ayyat where the crash occurred, said people living nearby rushed to the scene, pulled out survivors and called ambulances,

Gamal said that he saw around 80 of the injured were taken by ambulances to nearby hospitals. Some passengers were trapped inside one of the carriages of the stationary train and were dead when they were pulled out, he said.

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a social media post that he ordered a prompt investigation into the crash.

Emergency teams and cranes were dispatched to the scene to clear the wreckage and restore train services to their normal schedule as soon as possible, the Egyptian Railway Authority said.

Last September, a train driver and his assistant were injured after two freight trains collided in the same district.

Egypt’s deadliest train crash was in 2002, when more than 300 people were killed after a fire broke out on an overnight train journeying from Cairo to southern Egypt.

People carry the body of a victim at the site where passenger trains derailed in Al-Ayyat, Giza, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo)

People gather at the site where a passenger train derailed in Al-Ayyat, Giza, Egypt, on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, (AP Photo)

People gather at the site where a passenger train derailed in Al-Ayyat, Giza, Egypt, on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, (AP Photo)

People search for victims after a passenger train derailed in Al-Ayyat, Giza, Egypt, on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, (AP Photo)