Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 1 March 2011
Result
Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United
Premier League · Tuesday 1 March 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United: match report
Chelsea defeated Manchester United 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 March 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Chelsea's goals came from David Luiz (54') and Frank Lampard (79', penalty). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (30').
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 45 points from 26 and Manchester United 1st on 60 points from 27. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and Manchester United 1st with 80.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 5 draws and 2 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Manchester United's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Ramires
- 30'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 45'Yellow card · Nemanja Vidic
- 54'Goal · David Luiz
- 61'Yellow card · David Luiz
- 74'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 79'Penalty goal · Frank Lampard
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ryan Giggs
- 90+3'Second yellow · Nemanja Vidic
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, José Bosingwa, Florent Malouda, Ramires, John Mikel Obi, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov