Leaders Chelsea draw with United

London, Nov. 29: Thomas Tuchel admitted Chelsea were frustrated as Jorginho rescued a 1-1 draw against Manchester United after the Italian’s blunder allowed Jadon Sancho to put the visitors in front on Sunday.

Tuchel’s side dominated for long periods at Stamford Bridge but fell behind when Jorginho’s poor control presented Sancho with the chance to score early in the second half — 50th minute.

Jorginho made amends for that mistake as he stroked home a penalty in the 69th minute after Aaron Wan-Bissaka fouled Thiago Silva. It was the least Chelsea deserved after they laid seige to United’s goal and saw David de Gea make a series of fine saves.

Chelsea, unbeaten in their last 11 games in all competitions, remain top of the Premier League but are now just one point ahead of second-placed Manchester City, who defeated West Ham earlier on Sunday.

“I’m absolutely happy with the performance. We dominated from the first minute, we were aggressive

Chelsea, unbeaten in their last 11 games in all competitions, remain top of the Premier League but are now just one point ahead of second-placed Manchester City.

and never stopped attacking. Unfortunately we scored two goals, one for each side,” Tuchel said.

“United defended deep. We have to swallow the result. We feel disappointed as we think by far we did enough. It can happen in football.”

United, in eighth place, are 12 points adrift of the leaders but this gritty display was something to build on after a traumatic period.

Michael Carrick was in charge for a second successive game after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s sacking.

“I’m proud of the players and the group all week. It’s a difficult situation and we tried to make the best of it. But there is that little bitter feeling. I’m a little disappointed, I don’t think it was a penalty at all,” Carrick said.