Man United vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Cristiano Ronaldo salvages point

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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.

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• 6’ - James fires a fierce shot at goal that’s beaten away by De Gea
• 15’ - Ronaldo, unmarked in the box, sends attempts the spectacular with a bicycle kick sailing over
• 27’ - Havertz denied one on one by De Gea after failing to see Mount free to convert
• 54’ - Werner inches away from converting Mount cross into open goal
• 60’ - GOAL! Alonso’s powerful volley fizzes past De Gea to hand Chelsea the lead, 0-1
• 62’ - GOAL! Ronaldo smashes in from a tight angle, 1-1
• 79’ - POST! James with a curler after a lovely flick from Mount, De Gea beaten but the woodwork saves United

[28 April 2022 19:55 · Jack Rathborn]

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[28 April 2022 19:51 · Michael Jones]

Man Utd 0 - 0 Chelsea

6 mins: Save! A clearance from David De Gea boots the ball down the pitch where it’s claimed by Chelsea. They play it down the left side and give the ball to Marcos Alonso. He carries it across the pitch and sets up Reece James for a shot from range. James runs onto the pass and drills one straight at De Gea who uses the pace of the effort to parry it away.

[28 April 2022 19:49 · Michael Jones]

Man Utd 0 - 0 Chelsea

3 mins: Chelsea are dominating the ball over these first few minutes and Jorginho gets fouled by Nemanja Matic. The Blues have their first chance to whip in a cross and Reece James delivers it. The pass is decent but United managed to work it out of the penalty area before Marcos Alonso recovers the ball.

[28 April 2022 19:46 · Michael Jones]

Kick off: Man Utd 0 - 0 Chelsea

Kai Havertz gets the game underway for Chelsea. It’s played back to the defence before coming up to Jorginho. He flicks the ball over towards Mason Mount who makes a run in behind Alex Telles. Mounts cuts inside with the ball but is met by Raphael Varane who nicks the ball off him.

[28 April 2022 19:44 · Michael Jones]

Man Utd vs Chelsea

Here come the teams. Manchester United have been hit with a bit of an injury crisis and names the strongest XI they possibly could tonight. Chelsea are boosted by the return off Antonio Rudiger and Reece James. Which way will this one go?

[28 April 2022 19:41 · Michael Jones]

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Cristiano Ronaldo has scored seven of Manchester United’s last eight Premier League goals, including each of the last four.

He is the leading Premier League home goalscorer this season. His tally of 12 goals includes a hat-trick in each of his last two league appearances at Old Trafford.

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[28 April 2022 19:38 · Michael Jones]

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Kai Havertz can become the first player to score in four consecutive top-flight away matches for Chelsea since Diego Costa between October to December 2016.

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[28 April 2022 19:35 · Michael Jones]

Man Utd vs Chelsea

Man Utd have taken only one point from their five league games this season against the current top three - a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.

But they have lost only one of their 11 Premier League home matches since sacking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with seven wins and three draws.

[28 April 2022 19:32 · Michael Jones]

Man Utd vs Chelsea

Chelsea are on a club record run of eight consecutive away victories in all competitions.

The Londoners have earned 36 points away from home this season, a total bettered only by Manchester City’s 39 points and they have conceded just nine Premier League away goals in 2021-22.

[28 April 2022 19:29 · Michael Jones]

Man Utd vs Chelsea

Manchester United have conceded 51 league goals this season. It is only the second time they’ve let in 50 or more goals in a Premier League campaign. They conceded 54 in 2018-19.

They have lost 10 of their 34 Premier League fixtures this season. It is their second-highest number of defeats in a single season in the competition after 12 in 2013-14.