Premier League News: A draw against Chelsea without Ronaldo will be United confidence and hope

In the latest Premier League News Manchester United traveled to Stamford Bridge with an unusual change in their line-ups. Cristiano Ronaldo is one of their most important players was benched by their current interim manager, Michael Carrick. Which, however, certainly was a topic of disapproval. 

With Cristiano Ronaldo starting from the bench, Manchester United almost fell behind after Hudson-Odoi took his chances at the goal; however, David De Gea came to the rescue. The keeper was again tested when he tipped away a long-range effort from Antonio Rudiger.

Action in 2nd half

Manchester United took the early lead in the 2nd half after Jorginho made a critical error while making the clearance; which Jadon Sancho well utilizes to score his first Premier League goal.

Chelsea's luck came into play when they got a penalty; when Wan Bissaka got the back of Thiago Silva's leg while making a clearance. Jorginho stepped up and scored a cool calm penalty to equalize and bring Chelsea back into the game. Timo Werner also got his chances to make it 2-1, but Wan-Bissaka was there to keep him away.

Chelsea on the other hand almost gave away the match, when Eduardo Mendy is passed the ball towards Fred. However, the Brazilian midfielder failed to make good use of that opportunity. Again Chelsea got their opportunity around the 88th min but Rudiger blazed his shot into the stands.

The match was mostly under control by Chelsea in terms of everything. Chelsea has 24 shot attempts with 6 on target compared to just 3 from United with 2 on target. Tactically Chelsea was way ahead of Manchester United, however defensively united managed to drag the match to a draw.

Manchester United snatched a point off the leaders

Starting Ronaldo off the bench wasn't a master plan from Carrick, as he wasn't very impactful. However, Manchester United will be in high confidence after snatching away a point from the leaders. Chelsea on the other hand is unhappy as the title race is again on its feet; with just a point gap from its close competitors. As per the Premier League News United sits at 8th; as of how with pressure coming from Brighton and Leicester as all of them have 18 points. Michael Carrick remains unbeaten in what could be his final match in charge; with the imminent arrival of Ralf Rangnick as interim manager.