Man United blow: Eric Bailly injury diagnosis confirmed

Manchester United have confirmed the severity of the injury picked up by Eric Bailly during the club’s draw with Chelsea.

United welcomed Maurizio Sarri’s men to Old Trafford yesterday evening, for a crunch clash in the race for a spot in the Premier League’s top-4.

Ahead of kick-off, visitors Chelsea occupied the final of the English top-flight’s Champions League berths, 3 points adrift of London rivals Tottenham in 3rd.

Manchester United, meanwhile, sat a further 3 points back of the Blues in 6th.

As such, both sides were well aware that their European hopes for next season hung in the balance ahead of kick-off.

And, when all was said and done in Manchester, the 3-point gap between the clubs remained intact, as Chelsea tightened their grip on 4th-place.

After Juan Mata opened the game’s scoring early on, fellow Spaniard Marcos Alonso capitalized on the latest blunder on the part of David de Gea to pull Sarri’s men level on the stroke of half-time.

3 – David de Gea has made three errors leading to goals in his last four games in all competitions for Manchester United – as many as in his previous 123 matches combined for the Red Devils. Sloppy. #MUNCHE pic.twitter.com/Tbq59cYSU7— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 28, 2019

Following a second-half during which Chelsea largely-dominated, but struggled to carve out clear-cut opportunities, both sides were eventually forced to make do with a point.