Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 6 April 2011
Result
Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United
Champions League · Wednesday 6 April 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United: match report
Chelsea were beaten by Manchester United 0-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 6 April 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Wayne Rooney of Manchester United in the 24th minute.
Discipline: Chelsea received 4 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 19 points from 8 and Manchester United 7th on 18 points from 8. 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 4-4-2.
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-W-L-W-W and Manchester United's W-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 36'Yellow card · Yury Zhirkov
- 60'Yellow card · Ramires
- 66'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 74'Yellow card · Nemanja Vidic
- 80'Yellow card · Edwin van der Sar
- 90+3'Yellow card · Fernando Torres
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