Salomon Kalou's late equalizer salvaged a 1-1 draw for Chelsea against Manchester United on Sunday and extended the Blues' unbeaten streak at home in the Premier League to 85 games. Park Ji-sung gave Manchester United an 18th-minute lead in a fiery game at Stamford Bridge, but Kalou headed home a free kick for Chelsea's deserved equalizer in the 80th. Referee Mike Riley showed only one of the eight yellow cards to Chelsea, but angered Blues fans by blowing the final whistle after striker Didier Drogba had been fouled on the edge of United's area. The bus taking United's players from the stadium had its windscreen cracked by a bottle hurled by a fan. The Blues moved up to second in the standings, ahead of Liverpool on goal difference but a point behind Arsenal, which won 3-1 at Bolton on Saturday. United has five points from four games and is 15th in the standings after only one victory. In other matches, Manchester City thrashed Portsmouth 6-0 on the day the club announced their Arab takeover would take place on Tuesday. Aston Villa maintained its good start with a 2-1 win at West Bromwich Albion, Everton came from two down to draw 2-2 at Hull City while Tottenham Hotspur remains bottom of the league after a goalless home draw with Wigan Athletic. “I felt we deserved a point,” United manager Alex Ferguson said. Chelsea lost midfielder Deco with an injury during the warmup, and manager Luiz Felipe Scolari said it made a big difference as his team struggled in the early stages. “It affected our transition from midfield to attack and for 15-20 minutes, (United) made the pressure and made a goal,” he said. Chelsea lost Ricardo Carvalho after only 12 minutes, while United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar limped off with a leg injury midway through the first half after racing off his line to block a shot from Florent Malouda. United went ahead with a well-worked move that started when Rooney sent Patrice Evra down the left flank and he crossed to Dimitar Berbatov. The forward's low shot was blocked by Cech, and Park slotted the ball into an empty net. Like the game between the teams near the end of last season, the match had plenty of spicy tackles and confrontations and Riley lectured several players for repeated fouls. Chelsea sent on Drogba for the second half to partner Nicolas Anelka and add extra height to the attack, and United countered by bringing on Cristiano Ronaldo for Paul Scholes in the 54th. Anelka missed an easy close-range chance from Joe Cole's cross with 20 minutes to go, and Rooney squandered a great opportunity to score a second in the 77th when he shot wide from Ronaldo's pass. Rooney was partly to blame for Chelsea's equalizer in the 80th when he needlessly fouled Ashley Cole deep in his own half. Kalou was unchallenged when he met John Mikel Obi's free kick to head home from close range. Metsu quits UAE Bruno Metsu, who famously took Senegal to the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup, quit as coach of the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, the UAE football federation announced. The Frenchman stood down after the UAE lost both of its opening matches in the final Asian qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. – AP __
