Revealed:what Thomas Tuchel said about Manchester United performance.

 Thomas Tuchel was adamant that Manchester

 United did not look 'at all' like a Ralf Rangnick 

team yet after holding his Chelsea side to a 

1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Rangnick is waiting in the wings to takeover

 as interim United manager and there was 

speculation before and during the game - 

not least from Gary Neville - that the German

 had influenced current interim boss Michael 

Carrick's team selection.

The Red Devils made the shock move 

to drop Cristiano Ronaldo to the bench and

 played a defensive trio in midfield of Scott 

McTominay, Nemanja Matic and Fred.

Indeed, there have been suggestions that 

technical director Darren Fletcher was 

communicating in real-time with Rangnick 

as images emerged of the Scot wearing 

an earpiece throughout the game.

But Tuchel claimed he did not see anything

 new in United that suggested former mentor 

Rangnick had already imprinted his philosophy

 at Old Trafford.

Asked directly whether United looked like a 

Rangnick team, Tuchel told Sky Sports: 'No,

 not at all.'

Reflecting on the match itself, Tuchel said: 

'I was happy with our aggression, rhythm and 

intensity with how we defended. (I was a) bit 

surprised (with the result) as we had so many

 high ball recoveries and didn’t make more 

clearer chances.

But happy, absolutely happy. Happy to coach

 the team - a big effort, huge intensity, lots 

of ball recoveries in the opponent's half pushed

 up high. We controlled the counterattacks 

before they started, we were brave.'

Tuchel lamented that his side had to be 

more clinical against a low-lying defensive 

Man United, whose only goal came from a terrible

 error from Jorginho that gifted Jadon Sancho 

a goal-scoring opportunity.

'They defended deep, you need the first goal

 and more follow-ups and goals and big chances

,' he said. 'If you don’t score, you’ll always run 

a bit behind as you’ll feel the stronger team 

play in the opponent's half.

'So we had some big chances we should have 

maybe used, but in general I’m very happy.

Despite the draw, Chelsea remain top of 

the Premier League, one point ahead 

of Manchester City.

Despite the fine margins among the title 

contenders, Tuchel refused to be downbeat

 about the result.

'We cannot be surprised, these things 

happen,' he said. 'We invest so much, we 

played good games against Burnley (which 

Chelsea also drew 1-1) and Man United and 

feel disappointed as we did by far enough 

as we pushed the limits and tried to win

 the games.

'Over the season you drop points, dig deep 

and then try get them back. Don’t count the 

points when you’re four up, one down. We’re

 in the race which is where we want to be.'