Despite conceding a disastrous goal at the end of the first half against Manchester United, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044
in his place. Torres was profligate in the first half for the Blues as he hardly contributed to the game and the Spanish striker did not offer any goal-scoring opportunity for the visiting team.
Additionally, Chelsea commenced the second half just as they had initiated the first half. Ancelotti’s men played with a renewed vigour and enthusiasm brought onto them by Drogba’s introduction. With the Ivorian forward as the focal point of their attack,
Chelsea had more possession in the final third of the field as compared to the first half. Carlo Ancelotti’s change prompted Manchester United to defend higher up the pitch as Fernando Torres’s pace was now replaced by Drogba’s power.
However in the 54th minute, Manchester United was awarded a free kick on the right hand side as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Giggs-c31985 stepped up to take the free kick this time and the Manchester United veteran
whipped in an accurate cross towards Javier Hernandez who rose above his own team mate Nemanja Vidic to head the ball towards Chelsea’s goal. However, the Mexican striker was just off target with his header as Manchester United failed to increase their lead.
Drogba’s movement caused Manchester United massive troubles at the back. The Blues’ target-man realized that he was going to be matched stride to stride by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrice-Evra-c29231. United’s French full back found it hard to match
the muscular Chelsea striker in terms of strength but often did enough to put off the former Marseille player when it came to pace and trickery.
On the other end, Manchester United continued to stretch the field with their diagonal balls towards Luis Nani and Park Ji Sung. In the second half, the home side was a bit more adventurous in their approach as Patrice Evra and John O’Shea also surged forward
in order to support the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nani-c27299 and Park. This attacking mentality left Manchester United bare at the back. As a result, in the 57th minute Didier Drogba tried his luck on goal from outside the home team’s penalty area. The Blues’ striker
just missed Van Der Sar’s goal by a few inches but the replays showed that the Dutchman had the shot covered even if it was on target.
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