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It was a difficult evening for Marc Cucurella, as the Spaniard didn’t have it easy against Antony.

Moreso, Chelsea’s 3-4-3 formation didn’t seem able to match Manchester United, who had a better start to the game and dominated the midfield.

Explaining why he subbed off Cucurella so early in the game, Graham Potter said: “The first 20 minutes I think Manchester United were better and forced us back.

“We had to adjust a little bit there, try to get another player into the midfield and put a little bit more pressure on them. They were building their attacks too easily and driving us back.

“The sense of the game was that we were getting overrun a little bit in the midfield, we needed an extra player in there to create a bit more pressure, to stop them building their attacks and therefore making it harder to build ours.

“So it was just a feeling that I had. It’s not an easy decision to make at all but the boys responded really well and they gave everything.

“So we just had to adjust that and from that point I thought we did well in the game. We’re disappointed of course to concede late but over the course of the game I think a point’s about right for us. I don’t think we can particularly sit here and say we deserved to win.

“We didn’t do enough to win the game I don’t think but effort-wise what the boys put in was amazing, it was fantastic from our players and I’m very proud of them for that.”