Ronaldo rescues United

Cristiano Ronaldo’s fifth goal in three games salvaged a point for Manchester United in a 1-1 drawagainst Chelsea yesterday that further damaged his team’s chances of a top-four finish in the Premier League. Ronaldo ran onto a ball over the Chelsea defence from Nemanja Matic and delivered a clinical finish in the 62nd minute, two minutes after Marcos Alonso gave the visitors the lead. Reece James later curled a shot against the post for Chelsea. With only three games left to play in the league, United stayed in sixth place – five points behind fourth-placed Arsenal and having played two matchesmore than their rivals for Champions League qualification.

■ West Ham’s Europa League hopes suffered a setback when they lost 2-1 at home to Eintracht Frankfurst in a semifinal first leg match. Leipzig beat Rangers 1-0 in the other match. In the Europa Conference League, Leicester drew1-1 with Roma and Feyenoord beat Marseille 3-2.