Jorginho redemption as Chelsea rescue Man Utd draw

LONDON: Thomas Tuchel admi ed Chelsea were frustrated as Jorginho rescued a 1-1 draw against Manchester United a er 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.

Jorginho made amends for that mistake as he stroked home a penalty a er Aaron Wan-Bissaka fouled Thiago Silva.

It was the least Chelsea deserved a er 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 and never stopped a acking. 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 adri of the leaders but this gri y display was something to build on a er a traumatic period.

Michael Carrick was in charge for a second successive game a er Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s sacking, with the appointment of Ralf Rangnick as interim manager until the end of this season expected to be confirmed shortly.

United are in discussions with Rangnick, who is working as director of sports and development at Lokomotiv Moscow.

But in the meantime Carrick had overseen a vital win at

Villarreal in the Champions League on Tuesday and he used the same defensive blueprint to frustrate Chelsea.

“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,” Carrick said.

“But there is that li le bi er feeling. I’m a li le disappointed, I can’t lie. I don’t think it was a penalty at all.”

Given Rangnick’s preference for a intense pressing gameplan that may not suit Cristiano Ronaldo, it was intriguing to see the sometimes diffident Portugal striker le on the bench by Carrick until the 63rd minute.