8/23: Chelsea vs. Manchester United [R]

[BrianCappellieri]

Match is live on FSW at 3pm EST.

BBC Match Preview (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2208797.stm)

[Motterman]

Chelsea 1 - 0 Manchester United [20']
Gallas 3'

[Motterman]

Yes, Fergie is using his (in)famous 4-5-1 formation. (and we still look dodgy in the back apparently)

Chelsea

Carlo Cudicini
Celestine Babayaro
Marcel Desailly (Cap.)
William Gallas
Mario Melchiot
Enrique De Lucas
Frank Lampard
Emmanuel Petit
Boudewijn Zenden
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Gianfranco Zola

Subs:
Ed De Goey (g)
Albert Ferrer
Carlton Cole
Jesper Gronkjaer
Eidur Gudjohnsen

Manchester United

Roy Carroll
Laurent Blanc
Phil Neville
John O'Shea
Mikaël Silvestre
David Beckham
Nicky Butt
Roy Keane (Cap.)
Paul Scholes
Ryan Giggs
Ruud Van Nistelrooy

Subs:
Paul Tierney
Juan Sebastian Veron
Diego Forlan
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

[Motterman]

Originally posted by Motterman
Chelsea 1 - 0 Manchester United [20']
Gallas 3'

Chelsea 1 - 1 Manchester United
Gallas 3'
Beckham 26'

[Motterman]

Originally posted by Motterman


Chelsea 1 - 1 Manchester United
Gallas 3'
Beckham 26'

Chelsea 2 - 1 Mancester United
Gallas 3'
Beckham 26'
Zended 45'

We let them take the lead at the stroke of half-time. Christ...

[Motterman]

2-2 Final Giggs with the equalizer.

Ref screwed us with a penalty non-call though.

************in Graham Poll sucks!

[BuffloSoldier]

Watched the match. My thoughts:

Totally dominated the second half. The takedown of Scholes by Cudicini (when United were down, 2-1) was a bad miss, plus a couple of really poor offside calls by the AR on the far side of the field (in TV land).

O'Shea was superb--best player for United on the evening, kept JFH off the scoresheet. Two or three times, the defense eased off JFH outside the box--and twice it almost came back to bite them on the ass.

The 4-5-1 did better in the attack in the second half, but it's definitely missing the power that Ole brings to the table.

RVN had a night off. Beckham looked a lot better, and ran his a** off for 90. Silvestre with two assists, looked really good.

All in all, a point is better than none.

[cachundo]

Man Utd salvage a draw (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2208797.stm)

Sir Alex Ferguson's side twice came from behind to earn a hard-earned point

[mactheknife]

bring me the head of graham poll.

i have nothing else to say.

[prk166]

ManU played well against a tough Chelsea team on the road. There was nothing wrong with the 4-5-1 or 4-4-1-1 or whatever you want to call it. Plenty of good scoring chances were generated. ManU could've and should've won the match. They didn't need a PK opportunity for that to happen.

[Soccerholic]

Originally posted by BuffloSoldier
Watched the match. My thoughts:

Totally dominated the second half. The takedown of Scholes by Cudicini (when United were down, 2-1) was a bad miss, plus a couple of really poor offside calls by the AR on the far side of the field (in TV land).

O'Shea was superb--best player for United on the evening, kept JFH off the scoresheet. Two or three times, the defense eased off JFH outside the box--and twice it almost came back to bite them on the ass.

The 4-5-1 did better in the attack in the second half, but it's definitely missing the power that Ole brings to the table.

RVN had a night off. Beckham looked a lot better, and ran his a** off for 90. Silvestre with two assists, looked really good.

All in all, a point is better than none.

Nice analysis, Buff. I agree on all your points.