Manchester United beat Chelsea by 2-1 to cruise into the semi-finals: EPL News
Manchester United are in the quarter-final of the Champions League, courtesy of a 2-1 win against Chelsea on 12 April, at Old Trafford making it 3-1 on aggregate. The result that effectively ends Chelsea’s season, who have already been kicked out of the FA cup and are well behind Manchester United in the league.
The big news before the game was that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 upfront for Chelsea. A decision Ancelotti would now rue. Chelsea started brightly and took the game to United, kept the ball well and looked like the team we are familiar with.
There was a lot of intense play from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Giggs-c31985’ low cross found Hernandez who finished calmly to make it 2-0 on aggregate.
At half time, Chelsea decided to bring on Drogba in place of Torres. He did virtually nothing the entire half. Any hopes of a revival were further dented when Chelsea were down to ten men when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nani-c27299 leaving Chelsea one man short.
In the 77th minute, Drogba gave Chelsea some hope when he was fed by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Petr-Cech-c29837 to restore the two goal advantage and effectively broke the tie.
The result now puts immense pressure on Ancelotti who now faces the sack after failing to win the Champions League again. With Chelsea likely to end with no trophies this season it is almost certain that Chelsea will not be with Carlo for next season. Time for a mass exodus at the club once again, the club needs to rethink its policy and needs to find a right mix now with the squad ageing and apparently past their prime.
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