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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Michael Gowler

Three winners and three losers as Man Utd draw with Chelsea in top four stalemate

Manchester United's miserable season continued as they slumped to a 1-1 draw with Chelsea and saw their hopes of a top-four Premier League finish all but ended.

Thomas Tuchel's side had the better of the opening stages and, had it no been for David De Gea, may well have found themselves comfortably ahead at the break. The Spaniard looked assured in United's net as he was called into action on several occasions - his denial of Kai Havertz when left to face the German one-on-one was easily the most important moment in an otherwise ordinary first 45 minutes.

However, with just under an hour played, the game then exploded into life. First, Chelsea took a deserved lead through Marcus Alonso, who rifled home a back-post volley after Havertz glanced on a clipped cross from Reece James.

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