It has been an eventful evening. Manchester United go 4 points clear off Chelsea as they defeated Liverpool 2-1 and Chelsea only managed a draw against Blackburn Rovers. Chelsea do have one game in hand.
Man Utd vs Liverpool | Match Review
The match had all the hype before its start. Man United clearly needed a win to take the title. Liverpool had to win to stay in the champions league. More than these, it was pride which was at stake. Liverpool had defeated United 3 times in a row. They did a double over the champions last season and won the match at Anfield this season 2-0.
Sir Alex Ferguson decided to play Park Ji-Sung in a free role. Nani and Valencia occupied the wings while Rooney took the striker's job all alone. Benitez played with Torres, Gerrard, Kuyt and Maxi leaving out Aquilani and Babel.
The match began and Liverpool got a very early goal as Torres headed the ball across Van Der Sar's net. It was perfectly executed by Liverpool's Talisman. Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville totally forgot to mark Torres who gave Liverpool the upper hand very early in the game. Then after less than 10 minutes, Valencia made a great run through the penalty box, where Mascharano pushed him. United were awarded an shot from the spot. Rooney took it and Reina saved a excellent ball but he couldn't prevent the rebound which Rooney finished quite easily. Then the match went to half time
After the beginning of the second half, both the teams had half chances but the real blow came when Fletcher sent an awesome ball into the box and Park headed it into the goal post. United lead 2-1. It stayed like that till the end although Torres had an amazing chance in the 89th minute. United went top but the real boost came when Chelsea managed only a draw in their game against Blackburn.
Man of the Match : Park Ji-Sung. The cultured mid fielder from South Korea was all over the park yesterday. He had missed an half chance in the first half but he couldn't miss the one in the 60th minute as he converted an easy header. Sir Alex Ferguson's trust with Park in big games is proving to be valuable as he has scored against both Arsenal and Liverpool now.
Chelsea vs Blackburn Rovers | Match Review
Chelsea should have thought that their week wouldn't get any worser after their debacles display against Inter Milan in the mid-week but It did get worse. They dropped points againt Blackburn Rovers as El-Hadji Diouf scored an equaliser in the 70th minute to make the scoreline 1-1. Chelsea could not get a goal past their defense as Chelsea surrendered their lead to Man Utd.
After Drogba netted a 5th minute goal, his 28th of the season it did look as if it was going to be a massive Chelsea win but Rovers got back their defense and Diouf did the rest.
All of Chelsea's international power houses looked tired and used up as they gave up fairly quickly. To add to their woes, Brainslav Ivanovic picked up an injury and left the field.
Now taking that Chelsea win their game in hand, they would still be 1 point behind Manchester United and only 1 point ahead of Arsenal who defeated West Ham United 2-0.
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