English premiership giants Manchester United were held to a one all draw by Chelsea on Sunday at the Stamford Bridge. Salomon Kalou scored late and Chelsea salvaged a 1-1 draw against Manchester United on Sunday, stretching the Blues' home unbeaten streak in the league to 85 games.Ji-Sung Park put United ahead in the 18th minute after Chelsea keeper Petr Cech fumbled Dimitar Berbatov's shot. But Chelsea were building up a head of steam and it was no surprise when they drew level with 10 minutes left.
United lost keeper Edwin van der Sar to injury in the first half and Chelsea took control of a disjointed game.
Joe Cole and Nicolas Anelka wasted great chances before substitute Kalou headed in with ten minutes left.
It stretched Chelsea's unbeaten sequence in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge to 85 games, but Sir Alex Ferguson will be frustrated that his side failed to build on a perfect start and lost their way as the game went on.
Chelsea will be delighted and relieved with a point - but they should have claimed all three after dominating the second half.
United opted to keep Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench, where he was joined by Carlos Tevez as Berbatov and Wayne Rooney were paired up front.Chelsea were forced into a reshuffle of their own when Deco injured a thigh in the warm-up, although they were hardly weakened by the subsequent inclusion of Michael Ballack.
It also keeps Luiz Felipe Scolari's men six points ahead of United in the early stages of the title race.
"We played with great tempo in the first 20 minutes - the real shame was that we didn't go for the jugular at 1-0 up.'' Ferguson said.
"We had control of the match at that point but we eased off and allowed them to get to half-time.''
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