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The thoughts of David de Gea
“They had the best chances, to be honest, but I’m proud of the effort of the team today. I felt danger almost the whole game. We defended well and they missed some big chances. It’s not enough to draw but we’re in a tough moment so it’s a good result. We are defending a bit better, we are fighting for every ball. I feel like we are a team, we are all together.”
Chelsea had 24 attempts on goal to United’s three. That said, David de Gea didn’t have much to do in the second half.
On the Sancho goal, it’s a good thing he didn’t pass to Rashford - I’ve only just realised that Rashford was offside. It wouldn’t surprise me if Sancho registered that, because at first it looked like he wanted to draw Mendy towards him and then give Rashford an open goal. If so that shows impressive awareness from Sancho, if not Rashford.
Here’s the updated Premier League table. Two points separate the three best teams in England, arguably the three best teams in Europe.
That’s a good result for United, not to mention Liverpool and Manchester City. Jadon Sancho gave them the lead against the run of play after a mistake from Jorginho, who then equalised from the penalty spot after an error from Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Full time: Chelsea 1-1 Man Utd
Peep peep! That was the last kick of the game, give or take. It wasn’t an easy chance - volleys never are - but he probably had time to take the ball down first and then shoot.
90+7 min: What a chance for Rudiger! A fine tackle from Rudiger on Lingard starts a Chelsea counter-attack. Eventually Mount and Ziyech combine with Pulisic, whose excellent deep cross is volleyed over the bar by Rudiger!
90+6 min And another: Bailly is booked for timewasting.
90+5 min A clever lobbed header from Fred finds van de Beek, who is cynically pulled back by Jorginho. Another yellow card.
90+4 min Telles’s corner is headed away. It would have been a scandal had that led to a goal.
90+4 min Tuchel is booked. Telles will take the corner...
90+3 min Ronaldo is clearly offside when Lingard puts him away down the left. Play continues and United win a corner, which prompts Thomas Tuchel to have an understandable meltdown.
90+2 min Ronaldo is booked for arguing over how play should resume following the McTominay injury.
90 min There will be a minimum of five added minutes.
89 min Bailly, hitherto flawless, is robbed by Mount on the right edge of the area. The ball is moved across to Ziyech on the edge of the area, and he whistles a shot that hits McTominay right in the kisser. That looked extremely painful, and there’s a break in play while he receives treatment.
89 min Bruno Fernandes is replaced by Donny van de Beek, who runs straight over to Fred and gives him a piece of paper. I hope he didn’t get it from Jackie Treehorn.
88 min: Oh, Fred! Mendy plays an awful pass, straight to Fred 25 yards from goal. Fred has Lingard and Ronaldo in support, but instead decides to float a lame chip straight into the arms of Mendy.
86 min Mount’s dangerous cross is headed away by Bailly, who has been at his frustrating best this afternoon.
86 min Jorginho plays a clever pass out to James on the left. He runs at Wan-Bissaka, then cuts back onto his right foot and flips a lovely cross that just evades the leaping Lukaku in the middle. Reece James has become a phenomenal player.
84 min Ziyech’s corner is shouldered over the bar by Loftus-Cheek. That was a pretty good chance, but he mistimed his attempted header and the ball hit his shoulder.
83 min Mount’s cross is belted behind by Bailly. Corner no14 (I think) for Chelsea...
83 min If it stays like this - and that’s an appreciable if with the way Chelsea are pressing - the top three will be separated by only two points. I know we’ve said this in the past and been let down, but it feels like we could have one of the great three-way title races this year.
82 min Chelsea bring on Romelu Lukaku, once of Man Utd, for Timo Werner.
80 min A crisp shot from Ziyech, 18 yards out, is too close to de Gea.
79 min: Great block from Wan-Bissaka! Ziyech pokes a short pass to Werner in the area. He lets it run across his body, losing Lindelof in the process, and hits a shot that is blocked by the stretching Wan-Bissaka. That almost certainly saved a goal.
78 min And now a double change for Chelsea: Christian Pulisic and Mason Mount replace Hudson-Odoi and Alonso. Reece James is now at left wing-back with Pulisic on the right.
77 min A United change: Jesse Lingard replaces Marcus Rashford.
76 min Fernandes is booked for a foul on Thiago.
76 min “Wan-Bissaka is our most out-of-form player,” says Christopher Faherty. “We’re nearly into December and he hasn’t played well in a single game all season, mistakes aplenty.”
That’s a competitive field. I’d say Maguire and Shaw have been worse but I agree Wan-Bissaka has been poor. Rangnick’s appointment is bad news for him too.
75 min Telles’s corner is booted clear.
74 min Fred’s cross is put behind by Thiago SIlva, which gives United their first corner of the game. Chelsea have had 479.
73 min “I wouldn’t be surprised to see this as CR7’s long-term role,” says Eric Peterson. “He doesn’t need to pace himself for 90 minutes, he doesn’t need to empty his gas tank chasing the game, he just needs to do the hold-up work of a No. 9 and be ready to spring the occasional devastating counterattack. Yeah, I’ve painted him as a ridiculously well-decorated Olivier Giroud, but at this point of his career and for this team, it is what it is.”
With his timing, mentality and instinct, I think he would be a brilliant impact sub. I’d give him the full sales pitch and highlight how much glory he could grab by coming on fresh for the last 20 minutes.
72 min Loftus-Cheek’s shot is blocked, then Ziyech volleys over with his right foot from James’ clever header. Chelsea look far more likely to win this now, although so did England against Romania in 1998.
70 min It’s not quite the full Tommy Hutchinson but it does feel like both goals belong to Jorginho.
GOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Man Utd (Jorginho 69 pen)
Jorginho scores with aplomb, sending de Gea the wrong way.
United were fuming with the decision - I’ve no idea why - and there was a bit of pushing and shoving. Anyway, here’s Jorginho, who missed recently for Italy against Switzerland.
67 min Alonso’s outswinging corner hit Bailly on the back and dropped in front of Wan-Bissaka and Thiago Silva near the penalty spot. Wan-Bissaka tried to boot the ball clear - but Thiago got to it first and that meant Wan-Bissaka kicked through the back of his leg. It’s a clear penalty, and a daft piece of defending of Wan-Bissaka.
67 min: PENALTY TO CHELSEA! It’s all kicking off!
65 min Rashford has moved to the right, with Ronaldo playing from the left.
64 min A change for Manchester United: Cristiano Ronaldo replaces the goalscorer Jadon Sancho.
63 min James’ dangerous cross is put behind by Bailly, who then heads Alonso’s inswinger away. Bailly has played well today.
61 min Yet another Chelsea corner, their ninth of the game. But at the moment they’re a mixed blessing, because United are counter-attacking with such menace. This time Rashford leads the break but then takes too long on the ball.
59 min Rashford rolls Chalobah, who pulls him back and is lucky not to be booked. I think I missed a Reece James booking in the 53rd minute by the way.
58 min Chelsea have had a flurry of corners since going behind. The latest one falls for Werner, who swishes the bouncing ball wide of goal from 12 yards. It was a decent chance, though slightly tricky because the ball was slow to come down.
57 min United break three on three from a Chelsea corner. Chelsea do well to delay the attack, and eventually Fred’s cross drifts a few yards wide.
55 min Ziyech plays a lovely reverse pass to release Loftus-Cheek in the inside-right channel. He surges into space and then tries to find Werner with a low cross that is crucially cut out by a United defender.
53 min It was a bad mistake from Jorginho, though it was - as Jamie Carragher points out on Sky - a forced error. Sancho and Rashford were charging towards him, which led to the poor touch.
James’s free-kick was half cleared and then volleyed over the halfway line by Fernandes. Jorginho, the last man, miscontrolled the dropping ball and was robbed by Sancho, who ran through on goal from the centre circle. He had Rashford in support, with no Chelsea defenders in the same postcode. Sancho dummied to pass to Rashford, slid the ball calmly past Mendy.
GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Man Utd (Sancho 50)
Jadon Sancho scores after a howler from Jorginho!
50 min Chelsea have a free-kick 20 yards from goal on the right wing. Alonso and James are over it...
49 min Werner’s shot is blocked by Lindelof, and then Rashford is booked for a lunge at Chalobah.