DBasia.news – The duel between England’s big teams in Week 36 of the Premier League between Manchester United and Chelsea at Old Trafford, Sunday (28/4) evening, ended in a 1-1 draw. A goal from Juan Mata was answered by Marcos Alonso’s goal.
Since the beginning of the match, Man United and Chelsea immediately played openly. They needed a victory to be able to win tickets to the Champions League next season.
The host who managed to excel first when the game ran for 11 minutes. Mata continued the collaboration between Romelu Lukaku and Luke Shaw. Through the kick of his right foot, Mata broke into Chelsea’s goalkeeper, Kepa Arrizabalaga’s goal.
Being left behind, Chelsea tried to find the equalizing goal. The opportunity had come from Jorginho. But the ball shot from outside the penalty box still did not meet the target.
Man United could have increased the advantage if Eric Bailly was calm in doing the final settlement. Bailly’s header utilized Ashley Young’s corner is still slim on the left side of the Chelsea goal.
At the end of the first half, Chelsea were finally able to equalize the score. Chelsea’s goal was born not separated from the blunder made by David de Gea.
The Spanish goalkeeper was not stuck to catch Antonio Rudiger’s ball from outside the penalty box. Marcos Alonso caught the wild ball and it turned into a goal. Until the first half ended the draw remained unchanged. This is De Gea’s third mistake which ended the goal for opponents in the last four games in all competitions.
When the second half entered the fifth minute, the hosts got a superior opportunity. But Marcus Rashford’s hard kick ball can still be tamed by Kepa.
Seven minutes later, it was Chelsea’s turn to open fire on United’s goal. This time De Gea can comfortably secure Willian’s ball.
Both sides began to look nervous. As a result, there were not many opportunities that threaten each other’s defense. Even so, the visitors appeared a little better than United who began to feel the pressure.
Entering the last ten minutes, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer from the edge of the field asked his troops to increase the pressure in the opponent’s area.
At the end of the match, Chelsea got several opportunities. One of them almost made them close the game with victory. But Higuain failed to conquer De Gea, who advanced to close the firing space. Until the fight was over, the 1-1 score did not change.
With this result, Chelsea stayed in fourth place in the Premier League standings with 68 points. While United are in the sixth ladder, three points behind Chelsea.