Manchester United were held by West Ham United to a one-all draw to make it four league draws in succession at Old Trafford for the first time in 36 years.
The Red Devils recovered from an early setback but could not add a second goal despite their numerous openings, meaning that they are 11 points off the summit following a run of two wins in 10.
West Ham are now unbeaten against their opponents in their last three meetings at this former fortress.
Meanwhile, although they may well have snatched just a third victory at Old Traford in 24 attempts, had they taken a couple of late chances of their own.
West Ham were ahead inside just 90 seconds, scoring the second-fastest goal for a visiting side at Old Trafford in Premier League history, thanks to Diafra Sakho’s bullet header.
Dimitri Payet floated in a free kick, given away needlessly by Jesse Lingard and Sakho got ahead of marker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to open his scoring account in what has been an injury-hit campaign thus far.
The hosts were putting together some patient passing moves, one of which ended with Juan Mata firing in his side’s first shot which was right down the throat of Darren Randolph 15 minutes in.
It was another patient piece of play which led to the equaliser, as Paul Pogba lifted the ball over the opposition defence and Ibrahimovic simply glanced past Randolph to round off a 22-pass move.
Despite seeing his side wrestle back control of the game and draw level, Jose Mourinho was unhappy with referee Jonathan Moss’s decision to show Pogba a yellow – ruling him out of the rematch between these two teams in the EFL Cup here next Wednesday – and kicked a water bottle on the sidelines.
Moss inevitably sent the Portuguese to the stands, the second time he has done so in the space of 12 months, with assistant Rui Faria instead taking over for the remainder.
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