Manchester United welcomed Chelsea, in Old Trafford, on the occasion of the fifth day of the Premier League. From the fifth minute of play, the goalkeeper of the Blues, Robert Sanchez, was logically excluded following a hazardous outing on Mbeumo.
Just before the end of the first quarter of an hour, the Red Devils opened the scoring thanks to Bruno Fernandes. In the position of surface fox, the Portuguese international scored the hundredth goal of his career in the English championship (1-0, 14th).
Casemiro made the piqued head break (2-0, 37th).
Only a few moments later, when half-time was about to be whistled, the 33-year-old Brazilian international took a second yellow card to have belt Andrey Santos. Grosse error on the part of the number 18 Mancunian, who left his teammates to ten for the entire second act.
Manchester United integrates the first part of the table
Despite their numerical superiority, Reece James and her teammates struggled to reduce the brand to the display board. Chalobah nevertheless managed to rise higher than his opponents following a corner (2-1, 80th). A vain hope since the blues will not succeed in equalizing despite seven minutes of additional time.
Thanks to this victory, the men of Rúben Amorim date back to ninth place in the ranking, with seven points. They therefore only have one length delay on their host of the evening. As a reminder, Liverpool caracole at the head of the Premier League after having chained with
A fifth consecutive success in the early afternoonin the Mersey derby.
