Four Things learnt in Chelsea v Manchester United Match; We All Have To Know Them

Jose Mourinho’s return to his former club
did not go well as Manchester United lost 0
– 2 to Antonio Conte’s Chelsea at Stamford
Bridge.
The match lived up to its billing as both
teams showed their might in the contest
but the Blues were the eventual winners in
the grudge match.
As for Conte, his side’s performance will
brew more confidence into the hearts of
Chelsea fans that they are still in
contention for the league title despite
losing to Liverpool and Arsenal
1. Early goal made the difference
Pedro’s spectacularly got the early goal in
30 seconds to put Antonio Conte’s men in
position as the Blues quickly settled into
the game and controlled the entire first half
and before United could pick up themselves
back up, Gary Cahill go the second from a
third corner which cemented Chelsea
superiority in the match.
In the run events, Hazard got a well
deserved third goal for his team as he kept
his calm to put the ball past David De Gea
and more expectantly to show Mourinho
that his 2015 PFA Player of the Year award
was not a fluke and N’golo Kante puts the
final nail in the coffin.
2. Grudge Match
Although the fans at Stamford Bridge
expressed their gratitude to the most
successful coach in their history but the
players were of a different perception as
they played their hearts out to prove a
point to Mourinho.
Eden Hazard, Victor Moses, Pedro, Diego
Costa, Nemanja Matic, David Luiz all put in
their best to send a message to the Special
One on the opposing dug out playing with
so much resilience all through the match to
express their grievances to the Portuguese
coach.
3. Tactical discpline
Antonio Conte’s 3-4-3 midfield formation
got hold of the match for his side as
Chelsea gave the Red Devils room to
operate in their half but broke frequently on
the counter attack.
United were forced to use the wings as
there was no space to break through the
defence line of the West London club and
out of the seven chances created in the first
45 minutes only two was on target which
was properly dealt with by Thibaut Coutois.
4. A depleted Man United side
United ran out of ideas as they became
second best in all departments against a
roaring Chelsea side. Ibrahimovic totally
switched off in attack as Rashford youthful
experience could not bring the spark in the
frontline.
Much of the damage has been done as
Mata’s inclusion proved futile and the
almighty Pogba was a shadow of himself
as the Old Trafford side struggled to get
back their noses in front.