Man United vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Cristiano Ronaldo salvages point
Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea: Marcos Alonso’s opener was cancelled out by Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo’s fifth goal in three games salvaged a point for Manchester United in a 1-1 draw against Chelsea on Thursday that further damaged his team’s chances of a top-four finish in the Premier League.
Ronaldo ran onto a ball over the Chelsea defense 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, which dominated the first half but found United goalkeeper David de Gea in fine form.
With only three games left to play in the league, United stayed in sixth place — five points behind fourth-place Arsenal and having played two matches more than its rival for Champions League qualification.
Tottenham is between the two teams, in the fifth spot, with three more points than United and two games in hand.
Chelsea consolidated third place and is six points above Arsenal.
Ronaldo came into the game having scored a hat trick against Norwich and another goal against Arsenal in his previous two games.
On 17 goals, Ronaldo is tied with Son Heung-min in second place in the Premier League scoring chart behind Mohamed Salah.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Chelsea
83 mins: Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces N’Golo Kante for Chelsea and gets about 10 minutes to make an impact on the game. Thomas Tuchel has faith in the midfielder and it’s a good night for him to repay it.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Chelsea
80 mins: Off the woodwork! That would have been the icing on the cake for Reece James. He cuts inside from the right and rolls the ball onto his left-foot before curling an effort towards the far corner. De Gea is rooted to the spot as the ball curls back around and smacks into the post!
Man Utd 1 - 1 Chelsea
77 mins: Cristiano Ronaldo is played into the right side of the box and runs away from Thiago Silva. He’s got time to shoot and laces an effort at goal that Edouard Mendy does well to keep out.
Ralf Rangnick makes a couple of changes and takes of Rashford and Matic to bring on Juan Mata and Phil Jones.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Chelsea
74 mins: Jorginho seems to be in a bit of bother. Fernandes bundles into him and the Italian has seemingly injured his knee. He gets a bit of treatment on the pitch and gets back to his feet. Doesn’t look too serious.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Chelsea
71 mins: There were 119 seconds between Marcos Alonso scoring and Cristiano Ronaldo equalising.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Chelsea
68 mins: Thomas Tuchel blinks first and goes to his bench. Romelu Lukaku and Christian Pulisic are both being brought on. Kai Havertz and Timo Werner are the two men replaced.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Chelsea
65 mins: Matic and James get into a tussle at the byline and Matic stands on James in his follow through. James isn’t happy and the pair square up but nothing further comes from it.
Chelsea win a corner but it’s dealt with by United.
GOAL! Man Utd 1 - 1 Chelsea (Ronaldo, 62’)⚽️
62 mins: Where has this come from? A Chelsea throw in comes to N’Golo Kante but his pass up the pitch is intercepted. United feed it to Nemanja Matic who attempts to thread it through the lines. The pass is stopped but bounces back to the Man Utd midfielder. This time he dinks it over the back line, perfectly playing Cristiano Ronaldo into the box and the forward does the rest. United back on level terms!
GOAL! Man Utd 0 - 1 Chelsea (Alonso, 60’)⚽️
60 mins: There’s the opener! It has been coming for Chelsea. The Blues persist down the right wing and Reece James flicks the ball into the penalty area. It’s a little bit behind Kai Havertz who manages to head it on to Marcos Alonso and the left back drills it into the back of the net!
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