Time to wrap up this blog. Thanks for reading! Nighty night.

Ralf Rangnick, rumoured to be taking over the Austria national team, speaks to Sky. “In the second half we showed a good reaction, a good attitude, even more so after we conceded the goal. Although it was still a lucky draw, we earned it. They played with their best starting XI and we had a few players missing. We had our problems defending, are not compact, aggressive or physical enough, and this shows up against the top teams. If Cristiano plays like he plays today, he can still be a great help for this team. In the end, it is both Erik and Cris’s decision what they want to do, it’s not for me to speak about.”

As for his next move? He’s not going to be drawn on the Austria gig, but... “Let us speak tonight about Manchester United for the rest of the season here, and I can also confirm that I will definitely continue with my consultancy role. We have agreed on the content and time of my role. I have not spoken yet with Erik, but I am more than willing to help to change things for the better. It would leave space for another job, but that’s what we agreed in November last year.”

Thomas Tuchel talks to Sky. “One team deserved to win, and that’s us, but we didn’t take it. It’s our responsibility to win a game where we dominated in all important areas. It was a very good performance but we were not decisive, not clinical enough. We lacked a bit of determination. It’s on us to learn from it. Once you have the reward, you need to be fully alert after it. We did not take what was deserved. These games happen, it was one of those games. Reecey was a bit unlucky in his decisions, he could have been more precise to score and assist, but we needed it today to have a clear win. Havertz and Werner did not reach their peak performance today, and if they did we would have been winners, but there’s no need to point fingers.”

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Hot managerial chat still to come, so don’t be racing off to bed yet. In the meantime, David Hytner’s report has landed. Here it is!

Sky pundit Roy Keane’s reaction, because why not. “Chelsea should have won the game ... United reacted well after going behind ... we’ve been critical of them and they showed a little bit of pride ... but still not enough, Chelsea were by far the better team ... United looked like they were happy and contented with the draw, which tells you where they are ... Ronaldo once again produced a bit of magic ... if Chelsea were clinical and took their chances, they’d have won the game comfortably.”

Nemanja Matic, who leaves United at the end of the season, speaks to Sky. “It was an improvement. We played against a very good team that tactically is almost perfect. They have great players and a great manager. We played a good game, it was an equal game, and 1-1 was a fair result. Maybe they had more opportunities but it is a fair result. Tonight we looked much better than in the last couple of weeks. Three more games to play, and United will stay forever in my heart ... together with Chelsea, of course, because I also played for Chelsea. It was an honour to be part of everything. Three more games and I will decide my future.”

That point isn’t worth a great deal to Manchester United, whose chances of a top-four finish recede even further. Chelsea nudge a little closer to guaranteed Champions League qualification, though; as things stand, they now require seven more points to make absolutely sure. United’s next fixture is also at Old Trafford, where they welcome Brentford on Monday evening. Chelsea travel to Everton on Sunday afternoon.

90 min +3: Nope, though Garnacho makes a nuisance of himself in the box as Mendy claims.

90 min +2: Ronaldo is sent skittering into the box down the right and wins a corner. Can United complete one of the great smash-and-grabs?

90 min +1: The free kick is no good, and Chelsea romp up the other end on the counter. They’ve got extra men as they attack, but Alonso flays his cross out for a goal kick. Then Garnacho comes on for his United debut, the young Argentinian striker replacing Elanga.

90 min: Jorginho needlessly clips Fernandes out on the left wing. A free kick in a dangerous position. Before it can be taken, the board goes up for three added minutes.

89 min: Elanga is good to continue.

88 min: Elanga needs a spot of treatment, though. On comes the trainer.

87 min: Rudiger high-kicks a bouncing ball and follows through on Elanga’s ear. The crowd want a second yellow at the very least, but Mike Dean shows no interest.

86 min: Rudiger is booked for a light tug on Mata. The earlier challenge on Elanga may have been a factor in the referee’s decision there.

84 min: Telles hoicks a poor free kick over everyone’s head. What a waste.

83 min: Jorginho is this close to releasing Lukaku into the United box on the right. Lukaku would be clear, but the slide-rule pass is intercepted brilliantly by Telles, who launches a counter attack. Elanga dribbles with purpose down the left, and is clumsily upended by Rudiger. Free kick. Everyone lines up on the edge of the Chelsea box.

82 min: Loftus-Cheek comes on for Kante.

81 min: James has another whack from his position on the right. This one’s blocked out for a corner, from which nothing of note occurs. Chelsea are pushing for the winner.

80 min: Jones and Mata come on for Rashford and Matic. Jones’ first act is to brush off Lukaku with ease, a challenge the crowd very much enjoyed. But then possession is quickly shipped, and Mount flicks the ball towards James, romping in from the right. James creams a shot across De Gea, towards the bottom left ... and off the outside of the post. He grimaces in frustration. So close to regaining the lead.

78 min: McTominay pings a pass down the right channel to release Ronaldo, who batters a shot from a tight angle straight at Mendy. The flag them pops up belatedly for offside.

76 min: Jorginho is down, Fernandes having fallen into his knee while being fouled by Kante. The trainer comes on for a good look, and eventually gives the Chelsea midfielder the all-clear.

74 min: Now it’s Pulisic’s turn to make a quick impression, as he combines crisply with Kante down the left and pulls back towards Lukaku and Mount. The ball somehow flies between both of his targets, and United clear their lines.

72 min: Lukaku nearly answers the boos immediately, but he’s inches away from connecting with James’ low right-wing cross as it fizzes through the six-yard box. That was nearly quite the introduction.

71 min: Chelsea make a double change up front. Havertz and Werner make way for Pulisic and Lukaku, the latter receiving pelters from the Old Trafford crowd as an unloved former United star.

69 min: This is all being played out in United’s half right now. Fernandes goes down, presumably to take a breather. He’s back up soon enough.

67 min: James wins a corner on the right. Before it can be taken, he tumbles off down the bank behind the goal, and has his coccyx stepped on by Matic. The pair lock horns. VAR has a look, and shows no interest in escalating matters, presumably deciding Matic didn’t have anywhere to place his boot as they fell down the slope. But you’ve seen players walk for less. Nothing comes of the corner.

65 min: Mount makes good down the left this time. Telles makes a meal of hooking his low cross away from danger, but gets the job done. Then on the right, Azpilicueta strips Ronaldo of possession, buzzing around like mad. Chelsea are playing with great intensity now, as though affronted by that instant equaliser.

64 min: Mount goes up the other end and wins a corner on the right. He takes it himself. The ball’s worked back to Jorginho, who shins a wild volley many yards over the crossbar.

58 min: Fernandes leads a rare United press and wins a crunching tackle. The sort of garden-variety stuff that shouldn’t be worthy of comment, but here we are. The home crowd scream their approval, which should give the players pause.

56 min: Silva should release James down the right, with Telles away on his holidays. Siva overcooks the pass to get the United left back off the hook. Goal kick.

55 min: A free kick for United, 35 yards from the Chelsea goal, out on the left. Telles taps to McTominay, who curls a pitiful cross high over a crowded box and deep into the Stretford End. He has the good grace to look embarrassed.

53 min: Mount fizzes a fierce low cross through the United six-yard box from the right. Werner can’t extend his leg far enough to poke home at the far stick.

52 min: Mount finds Alonso in acres down the left with a raking diagonal pass. The hosts are very fortunate that Alonso dithers as he reaches the edge of the box and opts against shooting. United eventually clear their lines. Meanwhile here’s Thomas Stratford on Gary Neville’s won’t-someone-think-of-the-kids address of 38 min: “Conversely, couldn’t one argue the disaster of this current United side is actually quite a good lesson for young footballers on the pitfalls of talent without effort? Still, I did enjoy a good Maude Flanders impression by Gary.”

50 min: A corner for Chelsea out on the right. Mount swings it in. De Gea deals with it. Both teams have moved up a couple of gears since the restart.

48 min: A free kick hoicked into the Chelsea box. Matic works some magic out on the right, seeing off Havertz and whistling a dangerous ball along the corridor of uncertainty. Ronaldo swings a leg at it, but can’t connect. As close as United have come.

46 min: Chelsea immediately pick up where they left off, James romping down the right and cutting back for Mount, who squirts a shot wide right from the edge of the box.

United get the second half underway. No half-time changes by either coach.

Highlights of Roy Keane’s half-time analysis of Manchester United’s performance so far. “They’re gone ... their heads have gone ... no intensity ... they’re easy to play against ... there’s no surprise what we’re seeing tonight, it reflects what this group is, physically and mentally, they’re shot to pieces ... Chelsea are a top team, and Manchester United are like a Championship team or a League One team, it’s like an FA Cup match. They’re just short on quality and staying in the game ... it’s been tortuous for United.” Thing is, he’s not even angry. Just oh so weary. He’s been down this road too many times before in the last couple of years.

Half-time entertainment ... in lieu of significant action tonight.

44 min: James, looking for Werner at the near post, can’t get the free kick past the first man. Meanwhile the fans voice their displeasure at the Glazers again.

43 min: Mount prepares to spin McTominay down the right and is upended for his trouble. A free kick, just to the right of the United box. James prepares to take.

42 min: James speeds past Varane down the right. He’s got folk in the middle to aim for, but his cross is no good. Chelsea must be wondering how they’re not at least a couple of goals ahead.

40 min: A bit of space for Fernandes, 25 yards out. He thinks about shooting but his confidence evaporates. He tries to release Ronaldo down the left channel instead, but the flag goes up (incorrectly, as it transpires) for offside. A bit better by United, though the bar’s hella low.

39 min: Rudiger has a dig from distance. In the old days, that would have nearly hit the WONDERFUEL GAS hoarding.

38 min: On Sky, Gary Neville, now beyond apoplexy, expresses his hope for United to get beat, on account of the poor, effort-free example they’re making to an upcoming generation. Roy Keane’s in the studio, by the way. Half-time entertainment coming up soon!

36 min: James whips in from a deep position on the right. Havertz rises unchallenged, six yards out, and should score, but slaps his header straight at De Gea. That’s a poor miss.

35 min: The Chelsea fans chant their love of Roman Abramovich. Just leaving that there, no need to belabour the point by editorialising.

34 min: Chelsea stroke the ball around in the middle. United make very little effort to win it back.

32 min: James romps down the right. This isn’t news any more. He nearly releases Mount into the box but the flag pops up for offside.

30 min: James swans past Telles yet again, and swings a tempting ball across the face of goal. Havertz can’t quite connect at the far post. Meanwhile here’s Sam Huscroft regarding Zach Newley’s comment on 15 mins: “I can assure you not all Newcastle fans ‘quite like’ their club’s current owners. Norwich though, I mean they’ve got Delia so they’ve got to be pleased, other than the league position...”

29 min: From the resulting corner, Rudiger shanks over the bar from 12 yards. A Chelsea goal feels merely a matter of time.

28 min: This is way too easy for Chelsea. Kante waltzes into acres down the middle, then slips Havertz clear on goal. The centre of United’s defence a vacuum. Havertz slams his shot straight at De Gea when he really should score. On the touchline, Tommy Tuchel is beyond furious, hopping around in the manic style.

26 min: James spins out of a tight spot near his own box on the right, and springs Chelsea on the counter. Kante feeds Mount down the right. Mount reaches the box and, without options in the middle, flashes a shot into the side netting.

25 min: Werner turns on the jets and wins a Chelsea corner on the left. Mount takes short, exchanging rat-a-tat passes with Werner, before firing a low ball through the United box. Had Alonso, rushing in to meet it, connected in any way, it could have flown towards goal at warp speed. A training-ground invention that didn’t quite come off.

23 min: The supporters vocally critique the Glazer ownership. I can’t make out the exact words, but you can be sure they’re giving them the what-for.

22 min: Werner and Mount combine down the right, the latter whistling a low cross towards the near post. De Gea gathers with Havertz lurking.

21 min: Telles, quarterbacking from deep on the left, tries to find Ronaldo on the opposite flank with a raking diagonal pass. Easy pickings for Mendy, who hasn’t had much to do so far.

19 min: Old Trafford begins to fill up finally, as the United protestors stream into the ground and make their way to their seats. “They’ve not missed much,” quips the tinder-dry Gary Neville on Sky.

18 min: Jorginho sashays down the right and cuts back for Kante, who sidefoots powerfully towards goal. Straight at De Gea. A decent half-chance, though.

17 min: James sends Mount into an absurd amount of space down the right. Chelsea are getting plenty of joy down this flank. United are fortunate that Mount’s pullback from the byline isn’t all that.

15 min: McTominay buzzes around on the edge of the Chelsea box again. The ball’s prodded down the left channel in the hope of springing Ronaldo clear, but the old boy’s on the back foot. “There’s something somewhat surreal about seeing one of the clubs in today’s match have fans protesting their ownership issues, and it’s not the club wandering the auction block because their owner is a sanctioned oligarch,” sighs Zach Neeley. “Just tried to think of which club’s fans actually quite like their current ownership and the first one that came to mind was Newcastle, which is grim enough to remind me to avoid thinking in general.”

13 min: Rashford’s strong run down the left earns a corner off Azpilicueta. The set piece leads to a game of head tennis, the ball finally dropping towards Ronaldo on the left-hand corner of the six-yard box. Old Trafford waits for the net to bulge, but his overhead kick flies harmlessly into the stand.

12 min: United are getting opened up far too easily here. They also can’t keep hold of the ball: Chelsea have had 78 percent possession so far.

10 min: Rudiger floats a ball down the inside-left channel for Havertz, who has a yard on Lindelof as he enters the box. Havertz clearly can’t decide whether to trap or volley, and so does neither thing successfully. Goal kick.

9 min: United finally show in attack. McTominay makes like Kante and turns into some space of his own, slipping Telles into space on the left. Telles crosses and Fernandes flashes a header straight at Mendy. Better from the hosts.

8 min: Kante spins into space in the middle of the park and lays off to Mount, who instantly feeds James in acres. James takes a shot that’s blocked, but United are living dangerously here. James looks dangerous every time he picks up possession.

6 min: James barges his way down the right and feeds Werner just inside the United box. Werner spins Lindelof too easily and fires low towards the bottom right. De Gea demonstrates safe hands.

5 min: James pearls a long-range effort towards the top right. De Gea does well to parry, which is just as well because it was his poor distribution that helped Chelsea on their way in the first place. A strong start by the visitors.

4 min: Matic brings down Jorginho on the right. A chance for James to swing a free kick into the mixer. United half clear, but Mount takes up possession on the opposite flank. He aims a curler towards the top right but only manages to hit McTominay full in the mush.

2 min: Chelsea hog the ball during the opening exchanges. A few thousand empty seats around Old Trafford at the minute, for aforementioned reasons.

Chelsea get the game started. They’re kicking towards the Stretford End in this first half.

The teams emerge from the tunnel. A banner calling for GLAZERS OUT flutters above it. The stadium isn’t full yet, as there’s a protest against the Glazer ownership going on outside Old Trafford. The fans involved won’t take their seats until the 17th minute, one minute representing every year of the Glazers’ unwelcome reign. We’ll be off in a minute.

Ralf Rangnick takes his turn to talk to Sky. “The goal is to show the best possible performance as a team. United as a team. The only way to get something out of this game tonight is to play together, defend together, attack together. Hopefully we will not concede an early goal like we did in the last couple of games. We had a good spell after going 2-0 down at Arsenal, we had a good spell, we had quite a few chances to score the equaliser and even a winning goal, but we didn’t. This is what we have to show tonight, not only for 60 minutes but 90 to 95 minutes.”

Erik ten Hag will no doubt be keeping an eye out, so should this give the players extra motivation? “It should, but we also owe it to ourselves and our fans that we fight, so the supporters can see that everyone is trying their very best. It is what we owe to them and ourselves.” He also says it’s likely that a couple of the kids on the bench will get on.

Thomas Tuchel, smiling and relaxed, speaks to Sky Sports. “This is a big game, a big fixture in English football, and one of the biggest stages, Old Trafford, in world football. That’s why we need not just a good performance, but a top performance. The way we won at the weekend was very helpful for the atmosphere and the mood and the belief. It was needed after the last results at home.”

Why is Chelsea’s away form so good and their home form so indifferent? [laughs] “I don’t know! If I only knew! It is a bit strange this season. I haven’t found the solution yet.”

Will Antonio Rudiger, for the off at the end of the season, continue to put in performances? “I am as curious as you. I have no reason to doubt. He was excellent from day one until today, so why start doubting? He knows what is going on and that should give him the peaceful mindset to perform on the level he demands himself.”

A little snippet of breaking news for both clubs. Ralf Rangnick is mulling over an offer to become the next manager of Austria, according to the Press Association, while culture secretary Nadine Dorries has told the BBC that Chelsea are on “borrowed time” regarding their enforced sale, which must be completed within “weeks”. You’ll always remember where you were when you heard it, kids.

United make just one change to the XI named for the 3-1 defeat at Arsenal, and it’s enforced. Marcus Rashford comes in for Jadon Sancho, who has tonsillitis. A few kids might see some action tonight: midfielder Hannibal Mejbri, defender Alvaro Fernandez, and forwards Shola Shoretire and Alejandro Garnacho are all on a threadbare bench padded out by two goalkeepers. Jesse Lingard misses out altogether for personal reasons.

Chelsea make two changes to the starting XI for the 1-0 win over West Ham last Sunday. Reece James and Antonio Rudiger both return from injury, taking the places of Trevoh Chalobah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who drop to the bench.