Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 21 May 2008
Result
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United
Champions League · Wednesday 21 May 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United: match report
Chelsea drew with Manchester United 0-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 21 May 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Chelsea's goal came from Frank Lampard (45'). Manchester United scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (26').
Discipline: Chelsea received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Manchester United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 7th on 21 points from 12 and Manchester United 1st on 30 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 2 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-D-W-L-W and Manchester United's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Claude Makélélé
- 22'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
- 26'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 43'Yellow card · Rio Ferdinand
- 45'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 45'Yellow card · Ricardo Carvalho
- 111'Yellow card · Nemanja Vidic
- 116'Red card · Didier Drogba
- 116'Yellow card · Michael Ballack
- 116'Yellow card · C. Tevez
- 118'Yellow card · Michael Essien
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha