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opening half-hour, it took until the 32nd minute for Chelsea to make the pressure tell.
Willian and Victor Moses broke up a United attack in their own area before the Brazilian broke upfield, passing to Hazard and continuing his run past bemused United defenders and receiving a return pass.
He eventually unleashed a fierce shot from eight yards which De Gea should probably have saved. In the second half, with the game level, De Gea also fumbled a Danny Drinkwater shot and almost let a Willian freekick beat him at the near-post.
He made amends shortly after United’s second goal, however, diving low to his left to keep out a shot from Willian which would have beaten a lesser goalkeeper.
There was also late drama as Morata had the ball in the United net after 85 minutes, only to be called back for offside – a decision which looked incorrect on replay and had Conte calling for the widespread use of VAR.
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is an example that you have to move on and respect each other. “Mourinho and Conte are not two ordinary people in football, we have a history and an image and we have to be happy with that.” Conte said: “I think you wanted to see the shaking of hands and we did at least. Stop. It’s over.” Conte had more pressing matters after a seventh defeat in the league left the Blues in a bitter fight with United, Tottenham and Liverpool for the three Champions League places behind Manchester City. Conte admitted: “We must be disappointed after the start we had, a team who had every chance to get three points towards a Champions League place. But again we’re talking about defeat. When you have this type of situation you have to manage the game better and be able, with experience and maturity, to get three points. We could miss out. “I’m repeating the same thing many times – to find a place in the Champions League is not easy. We’re in the only league where six teams can fight for four places.”
WATFORD