CHELSEA MAN UNITED BITES! 1-0
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Stamford Bridge then that’s OK. But we were so much in control and so much the best team in the second half that I think we clearly deserved to win the match.” Sarri was just as disappointed. His side led when Rudiger shrugged off Paul Pogba to meet Willian’s right-wing corner with a fierce downward header that gave David De Gea no hope. “Players makes mistakes and I prefer to focus on the overall performance,” said Mourinho in a bid to avoid another war with Pogba. “Paul was good.”
United levelled 10 minutes after the break.
Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga denied Juan Mata with a fine save, but the midfielder seized on to the loose ball to clip a cross to the far post. Marcos Alonso collapsed in a heap in a bid to convince the officials he was injured as he challenged Marcus Rashford.
But Ashley Young kept the attack alive with a mishit shot that took a deflection off Jorginho and the ball fell into the path of Martial.
Six yards out, the Frenchman couldn’t miss. He didn’t.
Wicked
David Luiz headed wide when he should have given Willian’s wicked free-kick the finish it deserved before Martial struck again 18 minutes from the end.
Mata and Rashford linked up before Martial cut inside to belt a shot past Kepa with such brilliance that the world’s most expensive keeper didn’t move.
Ander Herrera missed a chance to finish the contest before Barkley kept his head in a frantic goalmouth scramble to drag Chelsea level.
Luiz’s header bounced back off the post and De Gea saved Rudiger’s shot from the rebound.
But the ball fell to Barkley and his finish flew into the corner.
Sarri said: “For 60 minutes we played our football. Then, at 1-1, we didn’t play our football.
“Drawing 2-2 in last minutes is OK for the confidence of my players. I like them to have character – but I want them to play my way with character.”