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Manchester United 2:1 Chelsea

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Sun, 25 February 2018 @ 2:05pm GMT
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    Android1974 said:
    Very harsh to blame McTominay on Chelsea's goal, he has little experience on those situations. Where was Lindelöf then?
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    Experience or not, Scott was to blame for that goal. He ball watched and left Willian free. And this is from a big fan of that kid. I think he's going to be a great player.
     
    I know Lukaku got the goal. But I'm not happy with everything else he has done.

    Why do we seem to always seem to pass to the player surrounded by blue shirts when there is someone available in space as a better option?

    I'll take 1-1 for now. Need to be better in the second half. Can we please please please please play as a TEAM. Is it too much to ask? Just seems so individualistic. The one time we made a team move we scored. Sigh.
     
    el3mel said:
    Didn't watch the half. Glad we got the equalizer though.

    How it's going ? How are the players lined up ?
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    Something closer to 4-4-2 diamond or 4-3-1-2 with Sánchez a bit behind Lukaku and getting on the right a bit.
     
    DomesticTadpole said:
    M.E.N. half-time ratings.

    14:54KEY EVENT
    HT ratings
    David de Gea

    He is human. Beaten at near post for Willian’s goal. Punched turf in frustration. 4

    Antonio Valencia

    Crossing’s been off. Poor delivery opened door for Chelsea counter. 4

    Chris Smalling

    Threw a boot at countless balls into the box. Tried to stay calm. 5

    Victor Lindelof

    Early headed clearance calmed nerves but dragged out of position for goal. 4

    Ashley Young

    Tantalising duel with Moses. Put in some dangerous crosses. 5

    Nemanja Matic

    Tasked with marshalling Willian but sloppy in possession against his former club. 5

    Scott McTominay

    Chased shadows when it came to keeping an eye on Hazard. Caught for goal. 4

    Paul Pogba

    Quiet. Beaten in air by Moses for counter. 4

    Anthony Martial

    Grew into game on his favoured left-hand side and brilliant assist for goal. 7

    Romelu Lukaku

    Ended his top six hoodoo with composed finish. Great strength. 7

    Alexis Sanchez

    Fluffed his earlier chance but key role for Lukaku’s goal. 6
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    Not very inspiring rating. :nervous:
     
    It shouldn't take us conceding to spring into action. We were much better once we were behind. Hopefully we can kick on in the second half and win it.
     
    SadlerMUFC said:
    So you are putting blame on DDG for a bullet from a few yards away meanwhile our players just let Willian run through unmarked with our RB being the closest to chase him down even though he had to come from the other side of the pitch? If DDG saves that it's a bonus. But it was a complete defensive lapse that caused the goal and it started with Pogba backing out of a header with Kante that he would have won easily
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    Implying DDG is blameless :lol:
     
    minoo-utd said:
    Our fans are unbelievably quiet. Young and Valencia both are shit and been for a while now.
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    I’m a fan of Tony V but agree with you. Offers nothing going forward. Nothing.

    Young is having a hard time with Moses but at least he offers a cross now and then on the left.
     
    Freak said:
    Both sides seem cautious. Ashley Young and Valencia need to improve. They’ve both been gash.
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    Aye my thoughts exactly. Not a bad performance compared to our usual against Chelsea.
     
    Well, that was quite shite tbf. Shite atmosphere, shite movement, shite passing :(
     
    Gentlemen, Willians shot went perfectly into one of those "blind spots". It was too close and too fierce to save. Dave has 2 hands only.
     
    Esquire said:
    Mate it’s just so ugly to watch and as you say such an obvious mismatch. From the moment Morata almost scored it’s been a nightmare for Smalling. Sh*t we need Bailly.
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    Yup, he's second to every ball. Very hard viewing
     
    SirAF said:
    The player starting the counter should have been fouled when Pogba slipped.
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    Yup. Or fouled by Lindelof. Or Willian should’ve had his shirt dragged as he started running. Our players are so dense defensively I am surprised they don’t have their own gravity.
     
    Defense is really fecked up for that first goal. Mistake after mistake, De gea could have saved it, but it began far away from him, Mctominay and Lindelof going for same ball no one gives a feck about the runner and they score an easy goal. The defenders mourinho has had, he must be pulling his hair out at the lack of defending

    Since then we have been good, Need sanchez to be involved even more. Big upgrades needed in Midfield and defense especially fullbacks.
     
    Happy that we’re going into the half at 1-1 but our performance has been terrible so far. Minimal control over the game and we seem to be lost when Chelsea attack us. Some of our players’ performances makes it feel like we’re playing with a few men less than Chelsea, especially McTominay in midfield (who I still don’t understand why Jose rates him).

    Jose needs to figure out a formation that maximises all his players abilities fast and he needs to figure out what’s going on between Pogba and Alexis because it doesn’t feel like they’re getting along.

    Hoping for better in the second half. Our performance since the goal has been better.
     
    Don't think people should be too harsh, if anything we look similar to how Barca played against Chelsea and they struggled for chances too. They're very compact defensively.
     
    We badly need to train some off the ball movement and quick movement forward. Unless there is a glaring obvious counter attack chance, we spend far to long preparing to move forward, that by the time we even think about it every single Chelsea player is back in position. Then we spend the next period standing about, wondering where all the space went, without any movement.
     
    Need an 180 change in our tactics to put us in a place where we can win this. It. just. needs. to. be. FASTER!!!
     
    Marcky411 said:
    Same here, don’t expect to get anything out of this game, hoping for the same game as last at OT, but not expecting it with Sanchez, McTominay and Matic. Young at LB and no Player of the year Herrera and no Jesse and Rashford to press. Expecting the same dross as against Sevilla.
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    Has been better than Sevilla for that half. Need to score quickly in the second. Team is doing well so far. Chelsea capitalized on 1 mistake that we made all half.
     
    What wrong with both progba and Sanchez.? Both of them jealous of each other’s?
     
    Why so much gloom? We are not playing well but it's not like Chelsea are setting the ground on fire. Their game is as disjointed as ours but their break-awayss are significantly better than ours. Typically our counter attacking are good too but didn't come off today yet.

    I genuinely, didn't see much of a difference, in fact our goal was very well constructed move

    Edit: In fact, we should be very disappointed with the goal we conceded. McTominay just let William run and DDG probably could have done better
     
    My honest opinion, you can't expect much from a side with 4 bang average defenders, two of them being 2nd hand wingers turned into 2nd hand fullbacks.

    The attacking guys do their best, try to do stuff, but honestly, we lack quality personnel in the middle and at the back. I usually don't support Jose as he's quite defensive and I hate that, but I feel he still needs 1-2 transfer windows.
     
    Chelsea look a lot better, can’t see us winning unless we improve significantly in 2nd half. Our attacking play is so laboured and their is no pattern to anything we do going forward.
     
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Romelu Lukaku image Romelu Lukaku 79% of 908 votes

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Score Predictions

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  • Man Utd win
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Detailed Results

  • 21% Man Utd 1:0 Chelsea
  • 14% Man Utd 1:1 Chelsea
  • 13% Man Utd 2:1 Chelsea
  • 13% Man Utd 2:0 Chelsea
  • 12% Man Utd 0:0 Chelsea
  • 7% Man Utd 0:2 Chelsea
  • 5% Man Utd 1:2 Chelsea
  • 5% Man Utd 0:1 Chelsea
  • 2% Man Utd 3:1 Chelsea
  • 2% Man Utd 3:0 Chelsea
  • 2% Man Utd 4:0 Chelsea
  • 1% Man Utd 1:3 Chelsea
  • 1% Man Utd 0:3 Chelsea
  • 1% Man Utd 5:0 Chelsea
  • 1% Man Utd 0:4 Chelsea
  • 0% Man Utd 1:4 Chelsea
  • 0% Man Utd 0:5 Chelsea
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  • 0% Man Utd 4:2 Chelsea
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  1. Man Utd
  2. Chelsea
Possession
44% 56%
Shots
10 14
Shots on Target
5 7
Corners
3 4
Fouls
13 12

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