PL: De Gea frustrates Chelsea

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Manchester United 1 - 1 Chelsea

Manchester United 1 - 1 Chelsea

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 17th goal of the season to earn his side a point after David de Gea had frustrated Chelsea with some superb saves.

Chelsea were thoroughly dominant in the first half at Old Trafford but were unable to find a way past De Gea, who made saves from Kai Havertz and N'Golo Kante.

They finally broke the deadlock midway through the second half when Marcos Alonso volleyed home from an angle.

Their celebrations had barely finished as Manchester United responded within a minute, Nemanja Matic playing a brilliant ball into the box and Ronaldo taking a touch before thumping a shot into the net.

That brought Old Trafford to life - there had been a subdued atmosphere inside the ground up to that point, while discontent against the club's owners was still evidents. Protests were held outside for the second home game in succession.

Man United fans


Reece James then hit the outside of the post while Ronaldo could have secured all three points for the hosts. His effort from a difficult angle was saved by Edouard Mendy.

The game ended all square as Chelsea edged closer to securing a top-four finish. Thomas Tuchel's side are third, eight points ahead of fifth-placed Tottenham with five games remaining.

Manchester United are now sixth. They are five points behind Arsenal in fourth but having played two games more.

Premier League news (eurosuperfootball.blogspot.com) 

United's next game is against Brentford. Ralf Rangnick spoke about the players that may or may not be returning to action. He said

“I hope so yes but right now I don’t know. I hope Fred will make it for the Brentford game. Tonight [Thursday] was too early for him. As it seems, Jadon [Sancho] might be out for the rest of the season with his tonsillitis, so he will most likely be unavailable against Brentford. Edinson Cavani is supposed to come back to training tomorrow [Friday] but then again, the question is, [given he] has been missing for the last four or five weeks, quite a long time, is he really a player who could then play against Brentford? Probably not to start with but at least from the bench. 

Apart from that, we have to wait and see. Harry Maguire... Jesse [Lingard] was missing for personal, family reasons. I hope that some of those players will be back on Monday.”

More Chelsea reaction

One Chelsea fan replied: "You need to sort your finishing out mate!" 

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