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Man Utd 1-1 Chelsea Ricardo Carvalho's second-half header prevented leaders Manchester United from going six points clear of Chelsea.
Louis Saha gave United a first-half lead after a wonderful piece of skill, bending the ball past Carlo Cudicini.
The game developed an intriguing ebb and flow in the second half as Saha twice went close, while Frank Lampard rained in a series of shots in reply.
And Carvalho earned Chelsea that point when he powered a header past Edwin van der Sar from a Frank Lampard corner.
If United had the better of the first half, Chelsea were well worth the draw given their impressive second-half display.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho brought on Arjen Robben for Geremi at the restart, a switch that entailed Michael Essien dropping to right-back.
The highlight of the opening half was Saha's exquisite goal.
When Rooney threaded a pass through to the Frenchman, with Carvalho and John Terry providing a defensive shield for Cudicini, there seemed minimal danger.
But Saha quickly switched the ball to his left foot, before bending a shot round Carvalho and past Cudicini's outstretched hand.
On 70 minutes Carvalho's thumping header hauled Chelsea level.
The Portuguese defender rose above Heinze to meet Lampard's corner and Saha standing on the line was unable to divert the ball to safety.
Indeed Saha's headed intervention might have taken the ball away from Van der Sar, who had thrown himself to his right to try and save Carvalho's header.
With a quarter of an hour to go the anonmyous Shevchenko was withdrawn to replaced by Joe Cole, but the change failed to yield a winner for Chelsea.