Eager to set back in the first places at the start of the championship after failures against Arsenal (0-1) and Manchester City (0-3), Manchester United received Chelsea and had to pull himself together. Threatened, Ruben Amorim decided to trust Maguire and Casemiro to take over the Londoners, in search of a victory in order to place himself on the podium. With two notable changes for blues: Fofana and Estevao entry after defeat at Bayern Munich, in C1.
Man United
2
14 '
Bruno Fernandes
37 '
Casemiro
Chelsea
1
80 '
T. Chalobah
finished
But everything changed after just five minutes. Guilty of an uncontrolled outing outside its surface to stop Mbeumo, the porter of Chelsea, Sanchez was logically expelled. Everything had to be redone for Maresca, who decided to leave Estevao and Neto to rebuild his team. But that did not prevent United from opening the scoring thanks to Fernandes, on the edge of the offside (1-0, 14th). Worse still, Palmer went out on injury a few moments later.
Chelsea couldn't do anything
In the process, Casemiro took the opportunity to make the break of the head and punish the blues (2-0, 37th). But while everything was mastered, MU managed to get in great danger after a second yellow conceded by Casemiro, synonymous with expulsion for the Brazilian (45th+4). But after this hectic first period, Chelsea could not put a boost to get the reduction in the score. On a dangerous corner, Fofana believed it … but was out of game (67th).
The Red Devils showed solidity in front of their audience, to a corner deposited on the head of Chalobah to restart the suspense a few minutes from the end (2-1, 80th). But that was not enough and Manchester United celebrated his second victory of the season, allowing him to replace himself in the 9th row before moving to Brentford. For his part, Chelsea falls for the second time in a row and remains sixth, before receiving Brighton on the next day. A big stop for the blues.
