LONDON - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was involved in a heated exchange with referee Graham Poll as the Premiership's deposed champions drew, 0-0, with new title holders Manchester United on Wednesday.

Poll booked seven players in a meaningless game. The Red Devils clinched the Premiership crown when Chelsea failed to defeat Arsenal on Sunday.

Mourinho was angry with Poll toward the end of the match after Claude Makelele of Chelsea had fouled United striker Wayne Rooney, who came on as a substitute.

The row added spice to an otherwise tepid affair, as both managers stuck by the pre-match promises - Mourinho to get his players to form a guard of honor for United's new title winners and Ferguson to rest most of his key players.

Ferguson handed China international Dong Fangzhou his debut. Fangzhou showed a lack of finishing power as he failed to react to a low cross by Chris Eagles.

Eagles was involved in the most contentious incident of the opening half when he was brutally hacked down by Mikel John Obi.

Chelsea looked dangerous on the break, and a shot by Shaun Wright-Phillips skimmed the United goal with goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak scrambling backwards.

A couple of headers from Wes Brown kept Chelsea out before Kuszczak saved from both Wright-Phillips and Salomon Kalou.

Rooney came on with 15 minutes left and his arrival immediately livened up the game.

Mourinho dived out of his dugout to remonstrate with the referee after Makelele fouled the United man. For a moment, it appeared the exchange had resulted in Chelsea's coach being banished to the stands, only for fourth official Mark Clattenburg to call him back after a long chat with Mourinho's assistant Steve Clarke.

Lassana Diarra tested Kuszczak's agility with a curling shot nine minutes from time, but the Polish goalkeeper was equal to it as the game petered out.