BADLY DRAWN MATCH REPORT #49 MANCHESTER UNITED vs CHELSEA

Juan Mata celebrated his birthday & Ole rewarded him with a start. Juan is such a nice fellow.

Unfortunately, his fellow Spaniard, Dave, has been going through somewhat of a nightmare spell. Mata put United ahead finishing off a slick move but DDG gifted the visitors an equalizer which put a damper on Juan's birthday celebrations.

Dave's nightmare has coincided with United's slide to a Europa League position. Right now it's difficult to see how he'll snap out of it.

Dave had the protection of Bailly & Lindelof followed by Rojo & Lindelof but after playing behind Jones & Smalling it wouldn't be surprising if he suffered from the odd paralyzing flashback.

The talk is that the contract impasse David is experiencing with the club is affecting his form.

Fortunately, he was still awake enough to deny Gonzalo Higuain who has also been going through somewhat of a rough patch himself.

In the end it was another disappointing result for United & CL football looks to be further away than ever. Ole needs to find a win from somewhere & Dave needs to recover his form. Huddersfield away is next.