Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 12 April 2011
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea
Champions League · Tuesday 12 April 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea: match report
Manchester United defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 12 April 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Chicharito opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Chicharito (43') and Park Ji-Sung (77'). Chelsea scored through Didier Drogba (76').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 21 points from 9 and Chelsea 7th on 19 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 3 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Chelsea's L-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · John O'Shea
- 33'Yellow card · Ramires
- 37'Yellow card · Florent Malouda
- 41'Yellow card · John Terry
- 43'Goal · Chicharito
- 59'Yellow card · Patrice Evra
- 70'Second yellow · Ramires
- 76'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 77'Goal · Park Ji-Sung
Head-to-head
Team news
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
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