Stalemate deals big blow to United’s title challenge

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Despite dominating virtually the entire 90 minutes, and playing the latter stages with Rio Ferdinand as a centre-forward, the Red Devils were unable to find the breakthrough and slipped 11 points behind leaders Chelsea.

And there was even more bad news for Alex Ferguson, who saw star Ryan Giggs limp off during the first half with what appeared to be a hamstring injury.