On Monday, Manchester United's management finally had enough. The day after the 1-2 loss to West Ham, Erik ten Hag was fired.
While waiting for the replacement, Portuguese Rúben Amorim, to arrive on November 11, it is former attacking star Ruud van Nistelrooy who is leading the team.
It started in the best possible way with a 5-2 thrashing of Leicester in the League Cup this week.
Against Chelsea, the team seemed to be heading for a long-awaited three-pointer in the league as well, when Bruno Fernandes calmly scored the lead goal on a penalty in the 70th minute. Fernandes' first goal of the season.
But just four minutes later, Moises Caicedo scored a cannon goal and equalized to 1-1.
Chelsea has become something of a favorite opponent for United at Old Trafford, where the London team has not won since 2013.
Now, Chelsea salvaged a draw – their seventh in twelve matches during the winless league streak at Old Trafford.
Chelsea was the most energetic in the start and had a shot that hit the post through Noni Madueke in the 14th minute.
United took control as the match went on, and Marcus Rashford had a great opportunity in added time in the first half, but shot high over.
Alejandro Garnacho had a sharp volley in the final minutes, which just went over the crossbar.
The point means that Victor Nilsson Lindelöf's team – the Swede was substituted in at the end – remains in a modest 13th place.
Chelsea climbed to fourth place.
