Moisés Caicedo’s blistering second-half strike cancelled out a penalty from Bruno Fernandes as Chelsea salvaged a 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Sunday, spoiling United’s celebrations of their first Premier League sport because the sacking of supervisor Erik ten Hag.
Chelsea are fourth within the desk on 18 factors whereas United, who had interim supervisor Ruud van Nistelrooy within the dugout, are thirteenth on 12 factors after 10 video games.
United’s captain Fernandes scored from the spot within the seventieth minute after Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sánchez caught Rasmus Højlund’s foot when diving for the ball. Fernandes despatched Sanchez the incorrect means, prompting a delighted Van Nistelrooy to leap within the air in celebration.
However the temper in Previous Trafford swiftly shifted 4 minutes later when Casemiro failed to totally clear Chelsea’s nook, leaving Caicedo to fireplace a low volley that André Onana managed to only get a hand on, although he couldn’t cease it crusing into the underside nook.
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“It was the prospect to attain a purpose. I did it. I am so completely satisfied,” Caicedo instructed BBC Sport.
“We knew if we waited for a very long time [to equalise] it was going to be difficult. I am so completely satisfied to equalise.
“We deserved to win. We knew it might be a tricky sport however we have been ready for it. I am so completely satisfied for the staff. It was a terrific struggle.”
Ten Hag was sacked on Monday with United languishing in 14th within the Premier League. Ruben Amorim was named as his substitute on Friday and can arrive on the membership on Nov. 11.
A standard chorus from Ten Hag was United’s incapacity to attain objectives — solely Crystal Palace and Southampton have fewer than United’s 9 — and it was extra of the identical on Sunday.
Alejandro Garnacho almost broke the impasse in added time, firing an extended shot that glanced simply over the crossbar earlier than Fernandes missed a sitter seconds later, lashing a shot from the centre of the field nicely over the online.
Proper earlier than the ultimate whistle, Garnacho labored the ball down the left earlier than sending a cross to Joshua Zirkzee, whose shot deflected off a Chelsea defender and over the online, to groans from the Previous Trafford crowd.
Either side hit the woodwork in a back-and-forth first half of a sport that won’t go down as a basic. Chelsea’s Noni Madueke headed into the submit from shut vary from Cole Palmer’s nook early within the sport.
Marcus Rashford almost scored in fashion within the final motion earlier than the halftime whistle when Fernandes chipped the ball over Chelsea defender Reece James however Rashford’s side-footed volley bounced off the crossbar.
There have been some heated minutes of pushing and shoving after United defender Lisandro Martínez caught Palmer’s foot, though a VAR examine determined it didn’t advantage a purple card.