Chelsea, Man United in 2nd stalemate; Arsenal rises to 3rd

The France defender was poised to undergo scans on Monday, with interim boss Guus Hiddink expressing hope Zouma would not be ruled out for the season.

“I feel we didn’t reward ourselves with a victory but we were the better team”.

United manager Louis van Gaal thought Lingard’s goal was “outstanding” and, although he was frustrated they had dropped two points, the Dutchman was generally upbeat. Oscar went closest for Chelsea, before appeals for a Daley Blind handball from a John Terry shot right at the end of the first half were quickly waved away by referee Michael Oliver.

Speaking of the incident, Terry told Sky Sports: “It was going in”.

United goalkeeper David de Gea initially thwarted Chelsea’s quest for an equaliser, Van Gaal hailing his “remarkable” saves from Branislav Ivanovic and Cesc Fabregas, only for Costa to strike at the death.

In an entertaining game of football, Manchester United started the proceedings strongly and Anthony Martial made sure that Thibaut Courtois was at his best to keep the visitors at bay in the first 30 minutes.

A low cross from 19-year-old Cameron Borthwick-Jackson was laid back by Wayne Rooney to Lingard about 12 metres from goal.

The most important current statistic at United is the gap from the top four and the dozen points separating the team from leader Leicester.

Earlier, Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored twice in a minute as Arsenal got their title challenge back on track by winning 2-0 at Bournemouth. “It is good for us both”.

“It was a must-win game for us today”.

“Leicester running away and us playing them next week, (makes) the game interesting”, Wenger said. (You can) look at your wife, or maybe you have children, or a nephew or something like that.

“We deserved the point at the end”, Hiddink said.

“Tomorrow we [will] know more [about Kurt Zouma’s injury], but if you have this injury – and everyone has seen how bad it is – hyper-extension is always bad”.

“If you give a team like Arsenal time on the ball they will punish you”.