There were 21 shots. Fifteen of them came from inside the penalty area. Six were on target. A further one hit the post, watched on to it by the beaten goalkeeper. There was 65 per cent of possession, 44 touches inside the penalty area and an expected goals total of 2.47. And Chelsea scored once, led for 119 seconds and drew against Manchester United.
It wasn’t a one-off. It wasn’t even a two-off, even though Chelsea had 66 per cent of possession, 24 shots and six on target the previous time they faced United. They drew 1-1 that day too. Rather they can feel a story of their season.
