Arsenal win at Bournemouth, United held by Chelsea

United withstood a late bombardment from Chelsea, but it would have been of little consolation after they missed out on victory.

(AP Photo/Frank Augstein). Chelsea’s Diego Costa gets round Manchester United’s goalkeeper David de Gea to score a goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Sunday, F…

“It is hard to say as a Liverpool man, but Manchester United have been fabulous”, said Souness as a Sky Sports pundit.

The Chinese transfer window remains open until the end of February. United were also unchanged following their convincing win over Stoke.

Gary Cahill will likely benefit from Zouma’s unfortunate injury by returning to the starting XI. Neither Hazard nor Pedro could inspire Chelsea, but Costa capitalised on a mistake.

The improved performances recently by United, however, have lifted some of the gloom surrounding manager Louis van Gaal.

Though Infantino met with the ECA on Tuesday, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas acknowledged that UEFA’s situation “mostly brings uncertainty” for the clubs.

“There’s no communication between myself and the club at the minute and I said what I had to say and that’s how it was”.

“I said before when we were one point from the relegation zone, of course our target must still be the fourth place for Champions League, but at that moment I also said we have to start winning”, Hiddink said.

“I think we can be positive about the play but for now the disappointment overrules that. So I also hope to get the support of the media this week”. “It was very important for us to win today”.

The positive impact of Eden Hazard off the the bench as he fights back from injury will have pleased Chelsea fans, adding dynamism to their forward play. After all, they played to a 0-0 draw on Boxing Day at Old Trafford. “I’ll never forget. The memories will live with me forever”.

Mata won the 2012 Champions League with Chelsea, and received heartfelt applause at Stamford Bridge. It wasn’t until the second half where we finally saw United breakthrough, as Jesse Lingard scored a wonderful goal, his second in as many games. I think we’re showing now that we can play a high level of football and can play attractive, offensive football. Lingard may need greater consistency but he’s a talent and has scored with three of his last four shots on target. Some of those victories have come despite poor performances and two in cup matches against lower league opponents, but it’s a significant improvement on a terrible December, though not quite as spectacular as Van Gaal describes it.

“He said: “(I’m feeling) deep frustration because we were the better team and again we didn’t win. We had a lot of free-kicks around the penalty area against us and we survived.

A stoppage-time goal from Diego Costa rescued a point for Chelsea and ensured they remain unbeaten under interim manager Guus Hiddink.