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Chelsea boss pleased with side's reaction in Manchester United draw

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Gus Hiddink reflects on the draw and Kurt Zouma's injury

Chelsea interim boss Guus Hiddink believes his side were fully deserving of a point in their 1-1 draw with Manchester United.

The Blues left it late to get back on level terms following Jesse Lingard's opener at Stamford Bridge, with Diego Costa's equaliser coming in added-time.

Hiddink admitted he was impressed by Lingard's 61st minute swivelled strike and was pleased with his team's reaction which saw them salvage a point against Louis van Gaal's side.

"I think we deserved a point," Hiddink said. "I think United started well. We dropped too far back and I thought they dominated us for the first 20 minutes without having big chances or a big threat.

"Later on we closed in a bit more and we got some chances in the first half as well.

"They made a beautiful goal without good marking from our side but it was a beautiful goal. Afterwards the team reacted very well and deserved this point."

 Jesse Lingard of Manchester United shoots past the Chelsea defence
Image: Jesse Lingard opened the scoring against Chelsea on the hour

A nasty looking knee injury sustained in the second half by Chelsea centre-back Kurt Zouma saw more than six additional minutes played at Stamford Bridge.

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Van Gaal became visibly frustrated with the match officials as the game was winding down, but Hiddink dismissed his compatriot's post-match complaints about the amount of additional time that was played.

The Dutchman added: "Besides that incident, which lasted at least five to six minutes at least, there was also the normal time for changes - we had all three changes.

"It's at least 30 seconds a change. That is four or five times 30 seconds plus the five or six minutes. That means there should even have been eight minutes."

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Eden Hazard came on as a substitute for the second game in succession but Hiddink made it clear Chelsea are simply trying to ease the midfielder back into action following a groin injury sustained last month.

"We had to bring Eden Hazard in," Hiddink said.

"As you know he's been coming back from injury in these last weeks -that's why we brought him in.

"That was the plan regardless of the score. When you bring him in you have a threat and I hope he will get his momentum in the near future."

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