Manchester United 1-3 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 10 May 2005

Result

Manchester United 1-3 Chelsea

Premier League · Tuesday 10 May 2005, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester United 1-3 Chelsea: match report

Manchester United lost to Chelsea 1-3 in the Premier League on Tuesday 10 May 2005. The half-time score was 1-1.

Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester United's goal came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (7'). Chelsea scored through Tiago (17'), Eiður Guðjohnsen (61') and Joe Cole (82').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 74 points from 36 and Chelsea 1st on 91 points from 36. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Chelsea 1st with 95.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 3 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-W-W-L-L and Chelsea's W-W-W-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · TiagoChelsea · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Roy KeaneManchester United
  • 51'Yellow card · Claude MakéléléChelsea
  • 61'Goal · Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea · 1-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United
  • 64'Yellow card · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 73'Yellow card · William GallasChelsea
  • 82'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 1-3

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Manchester United 2, draws 4, Chelsea 3.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy