Last night, Old Trafford honoured the lives of Jack Crompton, Brian Greenhoff and Ron Davies with a minute's applause.
Manchester United: De Gea, Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand, Jones, Cleverley, Carrick, Welbeck, Valencia, Rooney and van Persie.
Subs: Anderson, Giggs, Smalling, Lindegaard, Young, Kagawa, Buttner.
Chelsea: Cech, Cole, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Oscar, Hazard, Lampard, Ramirez, De Bruyne and Schurrle.
Subs: Essien, Torres, Mata, Obi Mikel, Lukaku, Schwarzer, Azpilicueta.
Referee - Martin Atkinson
Many wanted to see whether Rooney will start on the field or on the bench. Well, he started on the field. Maybe Moyes did it on purpose, to dangle Rooney in front of Mourinho or maybe he did it to revoke his statement or the misunderstanding of him saying Rooney will be second choice.
The first half ended with a stalemate. Oscar was behind most if not all of Chelsea's chances. I missed the team sheets before the start of the match and the whole time during the first half I didn't even know Hazard was on the field.
However, Wayne Rooney was at the heart of every Manchester United play at Old Trafford. He was taking shots, setting up, defending, he was doing it all, except for goal keeping. He epitomised United's performance. United hadn't been defensively strong, but they managed to keep Chelsea at arms length.
Chelsea fans were singing "We'll see you next week to Rooney," in which Rooney responded by elbowing Terry.
In the second half Manchester United were as impressive as they were in the first. They created chances but lacked that vital final touch. Chelsea was another reason why Manchester United couldn't score - they blocked most of Rooney's shots to stop the Englishman from scoring.
I'm just waiting for Rooney to say: "I'M STAYING!"
This time, van Persie was in Rooney's shadow.
Schurrle took a great shot which hit the crossbar but he was way offside. Chelsea had a few chances with the ball, but De Gea was very alert at goal, stopping Oscar's shots before they landed in the back of the net.
There were a few penalty shouts, but not enough to make Martin Atkinson point to the penalty spot. Moreover, United gave a few handball shouts against Chelsea, but again, Atkinson did not budge (only once, outside the box).
The last 15 minutes were disappointing ... It seemed that none of the clubs were aiming to win the match, but also didn't want to lose it, so they both settled for a draw. Honestly, Manchester United was the better club ... Is the better club.
Mourinho: "I think the result is fair...I told the players before the game: we play to win, but if we don't win, we don't lose."
Moyes: "I thought we played well, I'm disappointed we didn't get a goal from it. It was tough, Chelsea defended well."
When it came to The Chosen One and The Special One, they behaved themselves. While standing near the touchline, The Special One was looking for his pen to scribble in his notebook and started to do the Pata Pata Dance - he looked pretty funny. At some point, The Special One appeared to be sulking a few minutes after De Bruyne's yellow card for his tackle on van Persie.
Man of the Match: Wayne Rooney (for the Duchess).
Petr Cech reached his 200th Chelsea clean sheet.
Last night was United's first goalless draw at home in the Barclays Premier League since May 2009 (v Arsenal).
Chelsea held Manchester United to a goalless draw at Old Trafford to remain undefeated from 3 games and stay top of the log.
It wasn't the best match but also not the worst, it's still early days, only 3 matches played. It's too soon to tell the journey these two clubs will make as time goes on. Nevertheless, it was too early in the season for these clubs to meet, their encounter should at least have taken place after 7 or 8 matches.
Former Premier League referee Mark Riley; former Chelsea striker Hernán Crespo; Everton manager Roberto Martinez; Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini; England manager Roy Hodgson, and many more were at Old Trafford last night.
I'm not sure anymore. Was the match boring or not? If it was boring, I would've been drowsy or even worse, fallen asleep but I didn't. I watched the whole match including the match analysis at the end.
