Chelsea was fully dominant in the primary half, placing the bar and forcing United goalkeeper David De Gea into quite a few saves.
But after the halftime break, Jadon Sancho pounced on a poor contact from Jorginho to interrupt via and slide previous Edouard Mendy to provide United a shock lead.
Chelsea did degree halfway via the second half as Jorginho redeemed himself, coolly slotting residence a penalty.
The draw means Chelsea strikes a degree away from Manchester City on the prime of the desk, whereas Manchester United transfer as much as eighth.
However, after the sport, De Gea mentioned “it is not enough to draw.”
“We already improved against Villareal, we won, qualified and now we played a very good team away from home. The effort of the team was very good,” he instructed Sky Sports. “They had the best chances. For me it is not enough, a draw. We are in a tough moment. I am proud of the effort of the team.
“On the pitch, in the purpose, I used to be feeling hazard for practically the entire sport. We defended nicely, they missed massive probabilities and the one they provide us an opportunity we rating. It shouldn’t be sufficient to draw however in the meanwhile it’s a massive level.
“The last games before we were conceding three or four goals. We are improving. This is just two games. At least now we are defending well. We are fighting for every ball. We are a team.”
To and fro
After Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s current sacking, Michael Carrick was appointed as the interim supervisor whereas the membership searched for one other interim supervisor to see it via to the tip of the season.
The former Manchester United and England midfielder gained his first sport in cost, beating Villarreal in the Champions League on Thursday.
And forward of United’s conflict towards table-topping Chelsea, Carrick made the important thing choice to drop membership talisman Cristiano Ronaldo as he opted for a defensively minded workforce.
In the primary 45 minutes, regardless of having nearly all of the possession, Chelsea was unable to interrupt via.
The reigning Champions League winner was fully dominant however discovered De Gea in glorious kind, producing a superb save from Callum Hudson-Odoi to disclaim the hosts.
And 5 minutes into the second half, the breakthrough was made, however not by Chelsea.
A excessive clearance was despatched into the London sky as United cleared a nook. Jorginho’s contact simply rolled away from him sufficient permitting a sprinting Sancho to nick the ball off him.
That simply left Mendy in between him and an vital purpose, and after somewhat physique feint, he handed the ball residence in entrance of the delirious United followers.
After virtually 50 minutes of being comfortably the second-best workforce, United regarded invigorated, trying a severe menace on the break each time its attackers bought the ball.
With simply over 20 minutes to go, the sport took one other twist as Chelsea was awarded a penalty after Aaron Wan-Bissaka kicked the heel of Thiago Silva.
And Jorginho redeemed himself from the spot, calmly slotting residence to equalize.
The purpose appeared to suck the attacking spirit out of the United workforce, even after the introduction of Ronaldo off the bench.
Chelsea turned up the stress, producing probability after probability, however they have been unable to discover a route via.
Against the run of play, United was handed an excellent alternative to win the sport with simply two minutes left, after Mendy’s poor clearance fell straight to Fred, however the Brazilian’s chip could not clear the grateful Mendy.
With the ultimate kick of the sport, Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger had an opportunity to be the hero, however he blazed his volley over the bar.
“If he maybe hits the target it could have been a fantastic end to a fantastic performance but we have to swallow the result. We played very well and I am happy,” he instructed BBC Sport.
“We were very disciplined and sharp. I am happy with what I saw, it was a pleasure to coach on the sidelines. We can not guarantee results but if we play like this we can increase the chances for results.”
Tuchel added: “I am absolutely happy with the performance. We dominated from the first minute, we were aggressive and never stopped attacking. Unfortunately we scored two goals, one for each side.”
