Cristiano Ronaldo appears once again to save Manchester United and secure his team’s draw against Chelsea in the Premier League
This Thursday, the 28th, the Manchester United received the Chelsea, at Old Trafford, in an early game of the 37th round of the Premier League. And even playing away from home, it was the Chelsea who took over the match during the first half, but they stopped in the good defenses of From Ge. However, after the break, Marcos Alonso hit a beautiful shot to put the Blues ahead and, minutes later, Cristiano Ronaldo scored and left everything the same again: 1 to 1!
RANKS:
MANCHESTER UNITED: Of Gea; Dalot, Lindelof, Varane and Alex Telles; Matic, McTominay and Bruno Fernandes; Elanga, Rashford and Cristiano Ronaldo // CHELSEA: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva and Rudiger; James, Jorginho, Kanté and Marcos Alonso; Mount, Werner and Havertz.
CHANNEL – ATHLETISTIC:
THE GAME!
THE Chelsea was not intimidated by the opposing crowd and went after Manchester United at Old Trafford. Just five minutes in, Reece James received Marcos Alonso and kicked hard, from outside the area, but stopped in defense of De Gea. In the next minute, Werner received James on the right, turned and shot low, but the Spanish goalkeeper, attentive, saved one more.
United couldn’t bring real danger to Mendy’s goal throughout the first half and saw Havertz give De Gea trouble. In the 27th minute, Kanté pulled the counterattack and played in depth for the German, who invaded the area and finished in the net from the outside. Then, in the next move, Kanté found another beautiful pass for shirt 29, this time through the middle and, face to face with De Gea, the striker ended up kicking the goalkeeper!
Then, in the 35th minute, Reece James again received a free hand on the right side and crossed, in measure, to Havertz, who went up well to head and sent it in the middle of the goal, where De Gea palmed and rebounded, but Varane appeared to kick and to put away. All the same as the end of the first stage!
We’ve had more in the way of chances but still all even! ⚖️#MunChe pic.twitter.com/grSQqQ3KM0
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 28, 2022
After the break, Chelsea continued with the same posture, put pressure on the home team and finally managed to open the scoring! In the 14th minute, James crossed from the right, Havertz deflected it with his head in the middle of the area and Marcos Alonso at the second post, straightened his body and hit a cross, to send the left corner of the goal and put the Blues ahead.
But the visitors’ party was short-lived, because in the following minutes, the Red Devils managed to equalize! At 16, United regained possession in the attack, Matic had the leftovers and gave a beautiful cavadinha, triggering Cristiano Ronaldo who, always with great category, dominated on the right side of the area and released a bomb, high, to leave everything the same : 1 to 1.
After the tie, the teams did not give up on their pursuit of the three points and it was Chelsea who managed to take more danger. At 34, Mount received from Kante in the middle of the area and fixed a heel to James, who arrived filling his foot and hit the post! Final score: 1 to 1!
Source: sportbuzz
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