Football King Bale

After reversing Braga 3:2 at home to usher in three consecutive Champions League wins, Manchester United has improved its unbeaten record in the Champions League to 30 games!

This is a great record, because in the Champions League, it is very difficult to maintain more than double digits of unbeaten games, let alone 30 games.

The second longest unbeaten record in the Champions League is also maintained by Manchester United. In the Manchester United team led by Ronaldo, they once created a terrifying record of 25 unbeaten games.

Five days after the third round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester United once again faced a tough battle. In the 9th round of the Premier League, they will visit Stamford Bridge to challenge the blue team Chelsea.

This game is a clash between the top two teams in the league standings. It is also a clash between the team with the fewest goals conceded in the Premier League (Chelsea conceded 6 goals in 8 league games) and the team with the most goals (Manchester United scored 31 goals in 8 league games). A clash between two of the three remaining unbeaten teams in the Premier League. Another team that remains unbeaten is Manchester City (5 wins, 3 draws).

Having missed the Premier League title for three consecutive years, Chelsea is under great pressure. They currently have a good record. As long as they defeat Manchester United, they will overtake Manchester United and rise to the top of the standings. This makes the entire Chelsea team very strong in fighting spirit.

In this game, Chelsea's Frank Lampard and John Terry were injured and absent, and Torres served as the single arrow. On Manchester United's side, except for captain Vidic who will continue to miss many games due to injury, there are no injuries and the lineup is relatively neat.

Faced with such a battle involving the battle for the top spot, Ferguson naturally did not dare to neglect, and Manchester United went out with the strongest lineup. In fact, in Tuesday night's Champions League game, Ferguson sent out a substitute lineup at home just to retain strength for this focus battle.

Manchester United still plays a 433 formation in the away game, with goalkeeper De Gea and the four defenders from left to right are Evra, Evans, Ferdinand and Rafael. In the midfield, Carrick and Modric are behind, and Sri Lanka Ned advanced forward, and the three forwards were a combination of Bell, Robin van Persie and Rooney. On the bench sat Phil Jones, Valencia, Ashley Young, Kante, Pogba, Ryan Giggs and Hernandez.

Chelsea arranged a 4231 formation, with goalkeeper Cech and the four backs from left to right: Ashley Cole, David Luiz, Gary Cahill and Ivanovic, Mikel and Rami Reis partnered with the midfielder, and on the forward line, Mata, Oscar and Hazard lined up, and Torres served as the center.

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Amid the noise at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea launched an attack from the start. But it was Manchester United who took the lead in creating a threat.

In the second minute, Manchester United launched a quick attack. Bell, Robin van Persie and Rooney all fired three arrows. Carrick sent a penetrating pass through the middle and penetrated Chelsea's defense.

Van Persie received Carrick's through ball about 30 meters away from the goal in front of the penalty area. Because of the pull of Bale and Rooney on the wings, Van Persie faced little pressure. After receiving the ball, he saw a good opportunity and came directly. A long shot.

Van Persie had a good chance to hit the goal, but the quality of his shot was not very good. Although the power and speed were good, it did not open the angle. It did not pose much of a threat to the experienced Cech. Save the ball easily.

Chelsea immediately launched an attack, but their shots still did not threaten De Gea's goal. On the contrary, in the next attack, Manchester United unexpectedly took the lead on the road.

In the 4th minute, Manchester United played perfect coordination in the frontcourt. Sneijder distributed the ball from the middle and hit directly behind Ivanovic on the left. The Serbian defender couldn't keep up with Bell's speed. After Bell used his speed to beat Ivanovic, he moved the ball to the right before Chelsea's defensive players could get in place.

Rooney and Modric, who came in behind, cooperated on the right, broke into the penalty area from the wing and passed back on the right side. Van Persie shot with his right foot from 10 meters and hit the right post and bounced. The ball just hit David Luiz. Into the net, Manchester United led 1:0 with an own goal.

The Chelsea team playing at home was naturally not willing to fall behind and continued to counterattack strongly. However, it was very difficult for Chelsea to face Manchester United's high press. Although there were occasional opportunities to hit the ball forward, there was little threat. One of Ivanovic's tackles from the wing caused Evra to be injured and fall to the ground, causing Ferguson to stand up on the sidelines to express his dissatisfaction.

In the 12th minute, Manchester United once again launched a quick counterattack. Rafael got the ball on the right wing and passed through, finding Bell who had just switched to the right wing. Bell dribbled the ball past Ashley Cole and then sent a precise cross to Van Persie. He scored his seventh league goal of the season with a right-footed sweep from 7 meters away, and his 50th away goal in the Premier League. Manchester United led 2:0.

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As a guest, Manchester United took a two-goal lead just after ten minutes. This score made Chelsea players very depressed, but I have to say that this Chelsea team is indeed very strong. Especially their midfielder not only has an advantage in numbers, but the players' abilities are also not inferior to Manchester United. Under Di Matteo's command, Chelsea and Manchester United competed in the midfield. Relying on their numerical advantage and the atmosphere at home, they quickly suppressed Manchester United in the midfield and gained dominance on the field.

In the 23rd minute, Carrick knocked down Ramirez while chasing and was given a yellow card by the referee Clattenburg. One minute later, Ramirez shot a free kick directly from 42 meters into the lower left corner of the goal but was blocked by De Gea with his foot. Immediately, Hazard used his skills at the front of the penalty area to get out of the angle and shot from 22 meters away and missed the right post.

Of course, Manchester United was not completely behind. They even almost scored another goal and rewritten the score to 3:0.

In the 30th minute, De Gea kicked a big ball. David Luiz's header clearance was poorly placed due to interference from Robin van Persie. Rooney took the ball and broke into the penalty area and shot was blocked by Cahill. Then his shot was blocked by Cole. Get out of line.

Lu Xiaopang was not in a good state today, and he was a little impatient. In fact, if he had handled the two shots just a little calmly, he would have scored.

In the 35th minute, Chelsea also missed an excellent scoring opportunity. Mikel made a pass near the right baseline. Evans made a clearance and almost had an own goal. The ball hit the right post and bounced out of the baseline.

In the next corner kick attack, Chelsea almost scored again. Cahill took Mata's corner kick from the right and grabbed a header, but was blocked by De Gea on the goal line. The ball missed the right post and bounced out of the baseline.

In the 42nd minute, Torres received a pass from Mata and his header shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by De Gea.

However, Chelsea still scored before the end of the first half. In the 44th minute, Mata took a free kick with his left foot from 24 meters away and scored a point in the blind spot on the left side of the goal. In the past 5 rounds, he has scored 4 goals and provided 5 assists. The Spanish midfielder is in surprisingly good shape.

Immediately, De Gea made a mistake in clearing the ball with his big foot and was directly intercepted in the midfield. Torres passed the ball into the penalty area. Mata inserted the left foot from 8 meters and the ejection was blocked by De Gea with his body. Torres fouled Kanter during the counterattack and received a yellow card. 0

In the first half of the game, Manchester United led Chelsea 2:1.

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Chelsea continued to strengthen their attack in the second half and equalized the score in the 53rd minute.

At that time, Chelsea started a siege in the midfield, and Modric chose to pass back under pressure. But what was terrible was that Evans was distracted on the court, allowing Mata to get Modric's return pass before him. Then Mata got the ball on the right and passed the ball. Ferdinand, who was defending Torres, had a poor header to clear the ball. Oscar got the ball on the left and passed the ball. Ramirez beat Carrick from the edge of the small penalty area and hit the ball with his head. .

After equalizing the score, Chelsea's morale soared. With the cheers of more than 40,000 home team fans at Stamford Bridge, they launched a flood of attacks towards Manchester United's goal.

Just when the situation was tilting towards Chelsea, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

In the 63rd minute, Van Persie passed the ball through the middle to find Bell. Bell, who started faster, got the ball before Ivanovic. Seeing that Bell was about to slip away, Ivanovic fouled from behind in desperation.

All of this happened under the nose of the referee Clattenberg, who of course showed Ivanovic a red card without hesitation and sent the Serbian defender off the field.

Di Matteo looked extremely angry on the sidelines. He was very dissatisfied with the referee's decision. He believed that it was just an unintentional mistake and should not be directly shown a red card. He even hugged the fourth referee to reason with him. But in the end, the referee ignored the protests from the sidelines, and Ivanovic was sent off the field in frustration. Chelsea could only fight with 10 men.

Subsequently, Bell took a free kick. He took a direct free kick from 25 meters away and slightly missed the goal post.

In the 65th minute, Ferguson replaced Rooney with Hernandez. At the same time, Bell's position was slightly withdrawn, and Manchester United's formation was changed to the traditional 442. This superficially weakens Bell's threat to Chelsea's goal, but it gives him more room to move.

Chelsea were then forced to make adjustments, with Azpilicueta replacing Oscar.

Although Chelsea had one less player on the field, they did not give in. Amid the cheers of the home fans, they fought back and forth with Manchester United without falling behind.

However, it is said that if a person is unlucky, his teeth will become clogged if he drinks cold water, and that is what happened to Chelsea today.

In the 68th minute, Torres passed the ball on the right side of the frontcourt. Torres fell after Evans tackled him. The referee Clattenburg blew the whistle and awarded Torres a yellow card for diving. As a result, Torres was sent off with two yellow cards. Chelsea only Can challenge with 9 people.

Chelsea were furious at Clattenburg's penalty, and the Blues fans in the stands at Stamford Bridge even booed him.

Judging from the slow-motion display, the Blues' anger may have some validity. Because in slow motion, Evans did meet Torres.