Manchester United se paye Chelsea

Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea

Buts : McTominay (19^e69^e) for the Red Devils // Palmer (45^e) for the Blues

Ten years.

It’s been a decade since Chelsea last beat Manchester United at Old Trafford. At that time, Scott McTominay was a sixteen and a half year old kid who dreamed of playing in the Man United first team. This evening, the Scot did much more by scoring a new double – after that against Brentford – which allowed the Red Devils to continue their invincibility at home against Blues (2-1) far too timid (28 shots to 11) to hope for a better result. A victory which propels MU into the top 6 (27 points, tied with Tottenham who have one game less) and pushes Chelsea into the soft underbelly (10^e19 points).

The situation quickly turned sour for Mauricio Pochettino’s men, Enzo Fernández conceding a penalty for a foul on Antony. If Bruno Fernandes (9^e) failed against a very busy Robert Sanchez at the start of the match (four saves in fifteen minutes), McTominay found the fault ten minutes later by victoriously resuming a blocked recovery from Harry Maguire (1-0, 19^e). With their backs to the wall, Chelsea nevertheless managed to equalize just before the break thanks to the technical accuracy of Cole Palmer, increasingly essential among the Blues (1-1, 45^e). But the second half resembles too much the first and McTominay, twenty minutes from time, is behind an excellent cross from Garnacho to crucify Sanchez, abandoned by his defense (2-1, 69^e). The Scottish international misses the break goal in stride (71^e), just like Garnacho (73^e80^e), but it’s MU who scrape three points this evening.

And finds itself only three points from neighboring City, yes yes.

IN (4-2-3-1) : Onana – Dalot, Maguire, Lindelöf (Reguilón, 46^e), Shaw – McTominay, Amrabat – Antony, Fernandes, Grenache (Evans, 90).^e+2) – Højlund (Rashford, 84^e). Coach : Erik ten Hag.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1) : Sanchez – Cucurella (James, 46^e), Disasi, Silva, Colwill – Caicedo, Fernández – Sterling, Palmer, Mudryk (Broja, 77^e) – Jackson. Coach : Mauricio Pochettino.

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