Juan Mata praises new Manchester United attacking approach, but is he right?

Diego Costa pounced in stoppage time as Chelsea nipped Manchester United’s mini-revival in the bud with a 1-1 draw in the Premier League on Sunday.

Diego Costa struck at the death yesterday to deny Manchester United a first victory over Chelsea in ten attempts.

Chelsea, who lost Kurt Zouma to what appeared to be a serious knee injury, had opportunities to level, only for the impressive David de Gea to keep out Branislav Ivanovic’s volley and Cesc Fabregas’s near-post effort.

Leaders Leicester City remain out in front on 53 points, five more than the north London pair and 12 clear of United.

Manchester United is widely expected to be Mourinho’s next job in football and the club are already in talks with his representatives, so the ball is moving in that respect. “I think the last three or four games we’ve played really well”.

United came close, though, to conceding a penalty on the stroke of half-time when Daley Blind’s arm blocked a shot by John Terry on the captain’s first home appearance since announcing he will not be getting a new Chelsea contract.

“We had a strong start, with good finishing, and we controlled the game”, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told the BBC. The team is pretty one-sided this time around because the Red Devils are in better form in the league, and we don’t think too many Chelsea players deserve too much praise this season.

Mourinho’s shadow continues to stalk United manager Louis van Gaal and reports that the Portuguese has been lined up to replace him are unlikely to go away after a result that left his side six points below the top four in fifth place.

They are only six points behind fourth-placed Manchester City, a gap that is hardly insurmountable with a third of the season left to play.

Chelsea are undefeated in their last 9 matches against Manchester United in all competitions.

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. “It was very important for us to win today”.

“I said before when we were one point from the relegation zone our target must be fourth place for the Champions League, but we need to start winning games”, Hiddink added.