Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea: 5 Hits and Flops

Alonso celebrates his unlikely equaliser against Manchester United before the half-time break
Alonso celebrates his unlikely equaliser against Manchester United before the half-time break

#3 Flop: Gonzalo Higuain

Higuain squandered promising chances and failed to impose any real impact on the game
Higuain squandered promising chances and failed to impose any real impact on the game

Right on cue, Higuain appears in this list and struggled once again to convince many why he's worth extending the loan agreement they have with Juventus beyond this summer.

The 31-year-old Argentine had a game-low 28 touches and from afar, you might assume he was starved of service. Instead, though, he was wasteful in possession and sloppy in attack.

This made things much easier for Eric Bailly and Victor Lindelof to deal with, further compounding his frustrations as combination play alongside Hazard was proving unsuccessful and saw plenty of promising opportunities go to waste.

Misplaced passes and poor decision-making showing how Chelsea lack invention in the final third unless Hazard is inspired, he was caught offside a whopping five times over the 90 minutes while being dispossessed on four separate occasions. Then to make matters worse, he squandered a great chance in stoppage-time - shooting at de Gea from point-blank range after Pedro's excellent pass! Not good enough.

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