MANCHESTER UNITED made unwanted Premier League history after a NIGHTMARE start against Aston Villa at Old Trafford.
Michael Carrick’s struggling side found themselves 2-0 down inside just four minutes as the visitors ran riot in a disastrous opening spell.
And the embarrassing collapse saw United fall two goals behind after just three minutes and 42 seconds – the earliest they have ever trailed 2-0 in a Premier League match.
It broke their previous record against in August 2023, when they fell two goals behind after just three minutes and 47 seconds, also at .
United remarkably fought back to win 3-2 on that occasion – and Bruno Fernandes offered hope of another comeback by pulling one back from the penalty spot to make it 2-1.
Matheus Cunha was brought down by Boubacar Kamara inside the box, allowing Fernandes to step up and send goalkeeper Zion Suzuki the wrong way.
The dramatic response came after Villa needed less than two minutes to open the scoring through Brazilian winger Alysson.
The 20-year-old was afforded far too much space on the right before firing through the legs of goalkeeper Senne Lammens.
But things went from bad to worse just moments later as United’s defence crumbled again.
Lammens failed to deal with another Villa effort, pushing the ball straight into the path of Nicolas Jackson.
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