Man Utd and Aston Villa share eight-goal thriller as Sunderland stun Chelsea

Manchester United and Aston Villa produced an extraordinary 4-4 draw at Old Trafford, while Sunderland claimed a surprise 1-0 victory over Chelsea in Sunday's Premier League action.

Villa raced into a two-goal lead through Alysson and Nicolas Jackson inside the opening four minutes. Bruno Fernandes pulled one back from the penalty spot before Youri Tielemans equalised just before half-time. John McGinn and Leon Goretzka restored Villa's two-goal advantage after the break, but Joshua Zirkzee and Patrick Dorgu scored in stoppage time to rescue a point for United.

Sunderland also grabbed the headlines with a crucial victory over Chelsea. Enzo Le Fee converted a first-half penalty in the 36th minute to secure all three points for the hosts. The result lifted Sunderland off the bottom of the table, while Chelsea suffered another disappointing setback.

Liverpool returned to winning ways with a 3-1 victory away to Crystal Palace. Alexis Mac Allister opened the scoring, Florian Wirtz doubled the advantage and Alexander Isak added a third before Eddie Nketiah converted a late penalty for the hosts.

Brighton defeated Brentford 2-0 thanks to goals from Diego Gomez and Pascal Gross. The visitors were reduced to ten men in the first half after Igor Thiago received a red card following a VAR review.

Bournemouth completed the day's action with a 2-1 win at Ipswich Town. Evanilson opened the scoring before Leif Davis' own goal doubled the visitors' advantage. Jack Clarke converted a late penalty, but the Cherries held on to secure their eighth consecutive victory in all competitions.

Premier League results:

• Manchester United 4-4 Aston Villa

• Brighton 2-0 Brentford

• Crystal Palace 1-3 Liverpool

• Ipswich Town 1-2 Bournemouth

• Sunderland 1-0 Chelsea