The long awaited game of the season so far was played yesterday afternoon, and finished 1-1. Manchester United dominated play for the first half, but couldn’t keep it up in the second. Louis Saha opened the scoring for the home side with a brilliant strike from outside the area, leaving Carvalho and Terry watching the ball creep just inside the post. Carvalho equalised in the second half, converting one of Chelsea’s very few chances with his head.
In the post match inverview, Jose Mourinho claimed the point won was more important for the blues than it was for United. United were the home side, and they still have to travel to the Bridge. However, the reds are still three points clear of Chelsea, with a 1-1 draw doing nothing to help the blues gain any ground.
Is Jose right? Is the point more important to the blues? Or can Manchester United be content with the point as they still have the three point advantage?
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could end up bein costly for utd later on in the season.. but at the moment, the draw is better for utd cos it means they still have a 3 point advantage. chelsea couldnt have been expected to win at old trafford, but a draw doesnt benefit them in any way.. whereas a draw does benefit utd, cos theyre still 3 points clear at the top.
I think the draw was good for Chelsea coz based on the performance, they did not deserve anything from the game. Its true that they had a lot of the ball in the second half. But they did not create anything and the goal was a very lucky one. If possession is the thing that really counts, then no one would ever beat Arsenal, would they?
Last season Man U won this game, so they’re 2 points down and Chelsea 1 point up. Man U have played all three big teams at home and only got 1 win, with all the trickier away games still to come. For the last hour they also looked decidedly second best. If that’s how they perform with 76000 behind them on their own patch, they’ll die a horrible death on their travels.