Gary Cahill sportsmanship?? or Saving himself

One of the many things that did not go right for Chelsea on Sunday was the defending on either of Manchester United’s two goals. While the first one was started by a blatant uncalled handball on Ander Herrera, the second one was finished by the same player after N’Golo Kanté failed to clear the ball and instead turned it over 16 yards from the Chelsea goal. Definitely not a good place to do that

The Chelsea captain was spotted giving Jesse Lingard assistance getting up off the deck despite the ball being in play and Manchester United on the attack

"Kind Hearted"

Just seconds after helping his England team-mate Ander Herrera had smashed the ball into the back of the net to put Manchester United 2-0 ahead.

Ander Herrera Deflected Goal 

So yeah, not a lot to be happy about. So it's not surprising that fans hit out at defender Gary Cahill for his blunder in the match.

Now we're all for sportsmanship, but when you're on the back foot, it's probably best to focus on the job in hand.

As we say, a nice gesture, but Man United scored seconds later and well, you can sort of understand the frustration of the fans.

After the match, Cahill explained that he was worried that the referee (inept as he was) would interpret that situation as a foul and thus award a penalty. On the replay, Cahill’s first clearly annoyed that Lingard went to ground, before pulling him up to his feet. That said, given Cahill’s insistence on addressing the situation, did he actually commit a foul

Speaking to Sky Sports after the game, Cahill defended his actions saying: "I don't see how it could have cost me. My instinct was I was nervous it could have been a penalty.

"The sooner I get him on his feet I can stop the ref thinking otherwise, maybe it looks silly in hindsight."

Poor Cahill.

Oh Gary...