The National’s Sport cover for Monday, October 27, featuring Robin van Persie, who snatchd an equaliser in stoppage time against Chelsea on Monday night to salvage a point for Manchester United.
It was one sign, as Andy Mitten writes, that, "hope is slowly returning to Old Trafford.
“There were only 14 seconds left when Robin van Persie struck a 93rd minute shot through a crowded box to equalise for Manchester United against Chelsea on Sunday, to make his side only the second to take points off the league leaders this season.
“Seldom has a home draw been celebrated as vigorously by United fans, but then expectations have shifted since their team finished seventh last season and at present sit eighth.”
Jonathan Wilson, meanwhile, took note of how, "for Chelsea, this will definitely feel like two points dropped."
Jose Mourinho, Wilson contends, “has always sought to close games down when he has a lead.
“It is just that this season his side has developed a vulnerability – a slight one, admittedly, and one that almost certainly will not matter in the Premier League race, but something that could cost them in Europe.”
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