United had a little more of the ball, more shots on target - four of the six best chances of the game fell to either Van Persie or Mata (Van Persie had two one on ones and should have at least scored the first). The only two clear cut chances Chelsea had were Hazard's one on one and Drogba's first half shot that were both well saved by De Gea. The Goal was a half chance as good as Smalling's chance from Di Maria's free kick. Both Smalling and Van Persie had decent chances from free kicks in the first half and Chelsea had 8 corners in the first half and the closest they came was a penalty call. Of the two sides, both offensively and defensively, United had the edge on free kicks as they actually created more chances. Finally, please, please, please look at the rule book. The first yellow card on ivanovic was for decent and the second was a trip from behind - which under the rules of the game is a foul and a yellow card, irrelevant of intent. In the end, if it were a boxing match United would have won it on points and the fact that a United side who are a year behind Chelsea and Mourinho caused so many problems in a way that no other in the premier league has this season says just how far we have come and should show that we really aren't that far off them. Two or three more players - a couple of defenders and a midfielder - and the time for the players to gel and we will be lethal. We won't win it this season, but next year, watch us go.