Manchester United versus Chelsea – First half review: English Premier League (Part 1)
The English Premier League title deciding encounter between Manchester United and Chelsea kicked off at Old Trafford on 9th of May, 201.
Both the teams approached the match in a must-win fashion as Ferguson deployed a side similar to the one that bested Chelsea in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League.
Edwin Van der Sar took up his goalkeeping position for the Red Devils whereas http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nemanja-Vidic-c27550 played in central defence.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 da Silva played as the home side’s right back whereas John O’Shea was deployed on the left side of United’s four man defence.
In midfield, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Carrick-c25282.
Park Ji Sung started the match as the home team’s left sided midfielder whereas http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Valencia-c6345 provided Manchester United with considerable width down the right wing.
Up front, Sir Alex Ferguson played Javier Hernandez and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 as Manchester United’s two main strikers.
On the other hand, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Petr-Cech-c29837 as their first choice shot stopper.
In front of Cech, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Cole-c6809.
As Chelsea was playing a 4-3-3 formation, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Obi-Mikel-c18882, made up their midfield.
Up front, Didier Drogba’s muscular presence was complimented by the pace of Solomon Kalou and the trickery of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Florent-Malouda-c13838.
Manchester United struck first blood in the encounter right away, soon after the kick off.
In the very first minute, the home side launched a direct counter attack as Chelsea lost the ball in central midfield. The Red Devils took the lead through Javier Hernandez’s fine finish but in the buildup play Ryan Giggs and Park Ji Sung played two important
through balls.
At first, Giggs slid a finely timed pass for Park who then spotted a gap between Terry and Luiz to send Hernandez racing through on Chelsea’s goal.
With the score line at 1-0, Manchester United almost finished off the tie in question in the 8th minute when Chelsea again lost the ball in the center of the park.
This time Park Ji Sung played in Wayne Rooney who tried his luck on Petr Cech’s goal from around about 30 yards out.
This strike prompted the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Czech-Republic-c2882 international goalie to scramble across his goal and thwart the Englishman’s goal scoring ambitions with a two handed save.
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