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Thu 05 May 2007Big two fail to show pedigreeSOCCER/Chelsea 0 Manchester United 0:Nothing rang true for teams no longer contending for the Premiership. The game was ill-natured and the football itself was ragged.This outcome suited the newly-crowned champions Manchester United, who saw the ball ricocheting in their goalmouth during the closing minutes after a pair of fumbles by the goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak. He had, all the same, made an impressive save from Lassanna Diarra just before that.