United manager Ole Solskjaer selected the same starting XI that had beaten Newcastle in the Premier League last weekend 4-1, despite our excellent midweek Champions League away win against Paris Saint-Germain.
Chelsea’s new goal keeper Edouard Mendy produced a spectacular save to deny Marcus Rashford scoring a stoppage-time winner for Manchester United as they shared a goalless draw with Chelsea at Old Trafford.
The Chelsea goalkeeper, who had denied the United striker when one-on-one with an outstretched leg in the first half, went full length to parry away Rashford’s curling strike. Mendy had also turned behind Juan Mata’s curled effort in a first half of few chances.
Edinson Cavani made his much anticipated premier league debut as a substitute in the 58 minute, the Uruguayan replaced Daniel James and he almost scored with his first Premier League touch just before the hour mark, but his flick found the side-netting.
United are still searching for their first home win of the season and stays 15th with seven points. A fourth match unbeaten leaves Chelsea sixth on nine points.
Match Stats
| Manchester United | Chelsea | |
|---|---|---|
| 50.4 | Possession % | 49.6 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 1 |
| 14 | Shots | 6 |
| 779 | Touches | 762 |
| 580 | Passes | 571 |
| 13 | Tackles | 18 |
| 20 | Clearances | 24 |
| 9 | Corners | 6 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 8 | Fouls conceded | 6 |
Starting Line-ups:
Man United: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, McTominay (Greenwood 83), Mata (Pogba 57), Fernandes, James (Cavani 57), Rashford.
Subs not used: Henderson, Tuanzebe, Matic, van de Beek.
Yellow Cards: Shaw, Fred, Rashford.
Chelsea: Mendy, James, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Chilwell, Jorginho, Kante, Pulisic (Ziyech 80), Werner (Abraham 71), Havertz (Mount 71).
Subs not used: Caballero, Rudiger, Kovacic, Giroud.
Yellow Cards: Havertz.
What Next ?
- Manchester United will host Arsenal on 1st November at Old Trafford in another heavy weight match up.
- Chelsea will travel to Burnley on 31st October.
