Jesse Lingard scored the opener with a stunning shot on the turn to beat Thibaut Courtois in the 61st minute.
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Costa’s goal, a tap-in after Borthwick-Jackson inadvertently steered Fabregas’s through-ball into his path, extended interim manager Guus Hiddink’s unbeaten run to 10 matches since he succeeded the sacked Mourinho in late December.
Nigeria’s Mikel Obi was in action for the entire duration of the match as he put on an A-game which helped his side.
While Chelsea‘s only way to qualify for the Champions League is by winning the continental competition, the draw is more damaging for United, which is six points from neighbor Manchester City in fourth.
He did, along with the rest of the team, ease off in the last quarter of the game and was too deep, playing Costa onside for the equaliser, but van Gaal was full of praise for his young left back.
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Chelsea rallied, John Terry seeing a penalty appeal waved away after his shot hit Daley Blind on the arm, but after Zouma had been stretchered off following an awkward fall, United made the breakthrough.
“We played very good football”, Mata told Sky Sports.
Diego Costa pounced in stoppage time as Chelsea nipped Manchester United’s mini-revival in the bud with a 1-1 draw in the Premier League yesterday.
“I have to say that I’m deeply grateful for the reception from the Chelsea fans and their applause when I was substituted”.
“I criticise the media for inventing stories”.
“That’s why I’m frustrated and my players are frustrated”, he said.
Costa and Fabregas, in particular, linked up sublimely to allow the Brazilian-born striker to finish coolly and break United hearts in the dying seconds of today’s closely fought encounter.
“Because Newcastle United, for example, also (scored) in extra time (in last month’s 3-3 draw)”.
Goalscorer Lingard added: “I think we played the majority of the game well”.
Yet Ozil came good when his side badly needed him to, scoring a beautifully taken opening goal (his sixth of the season) and generally having a big influence on proceedings, demonstrating his characteristic intelligent passing and movement in the process.
“It is not easy to play here because the level of the individual players is very high at Chelsea”.
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