Fourteenth in the championship, Manchester United must find serenity after the dismissal of Erik Ten Hag. Facing a solid team, Ruud Van Nistelrooij, who is acting as interim manager, hoped before the match to have the opportunity to revive his squad. But the challenge was complex. Opposed at home to Chelsea today, the Red Devils However, they were more combative and logically earned a draw (1-1).
The first real opportunity of the game was in favor of the Blues. On a corner, Noni Madueke jumped higher than the defense and managed to place a header. The latter, however, crashed into the right post (14th). Levi Colwill, attentive, continued the action, but his shot also went just wide of the cage. The two English teams then went blow for blow. After an offensive from Chelsea, Manchester counter-attacked and Alejandro Garnacho curled a shot towards the center, forcing Robert Sánchez to intervene (23rd). Shortly after, Nicolas Jackson sent his shot towards the middle of the Mancunian goal (25th). André Onana repelled her with a superb save. Cole Palmer, who had benefited from a counter, armed a heavy strike which was blocked by a defender (34th). In the process, the Red Devilswho had benefited from a counterattack, obtained a free kick ideally located on the edge of the area. Bruno Fernandes nevertheless failed to transform it (36th).
Fernandes and Caicedo respond to each other
If the two teams return to the locker room with a goalless score, the tactical and physical performance of the players was good during the first part of the match. Manchester United was not unworthy, and its rival was able to be threatening, as usual. Same observation on resumption. On a vertical sequence, Pedro Neto played defense and placed a low shot which grazed Onana’s post (54th). The player offered himself another wasted opportunity around ten minutes later (65th), where his attempt was blocked again by the goalkeeper of the Blues. Despite Chelsea’s slight domination, luck turned on United’s side. Robert Sanchez made a mistake on Højlund in his area (68th). Bruno Fernandes deceived the goalkeeper and converted his penalty into the lower left corner of the goal (70th, 1-0).
The fight was far from over, however. Moises Caicedo, after a header from Casemiro, placed a rebound 20 meters into the opposing cage (74th, 1-1). An almost perfect gesture which allowed his team to pick up the score. The numerous chances at the end of the match did not change the final result. At the end of the match, Van Nistelrooy’s Manchester United is in 13th place with 12 points. For their part, Chelsea took 4th position in the table (with 18 points), thus taking advantage of Arsenal’s defeat.
