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Sir Alex, facing his 15th Chelsea manager |
United displayed once again, their superior clinical finishing often displayed in the early stages of their EPL campaign this season. Chris Smalling opened the scoring Sunday afternoon at Old Trafford, converting a header from an Ashley Young cross, about 6 yards out. Following this, in the 37th minute, Nani let loose an absolute stunner from 25 yards out, beating Cech top corner. Phil Jones then displayed fearless determination, dribbling into the 18 yard box before a deflection off of Chelsea skipper John Terry, left Rooney with a gaping net to convert yet another goal. 30 seconds later, Fernando Torres then scored only his second Chelsea goal, since his big money move from Liverpool last year; sliding home an easy ball from Anelka.
Quite an entertaining match, as there could have easily been more goals with Rooney slipping and missing a penalty, Nani and Rooney both hitting the woodwork as well as Berbatov squandering a late golden chance. With that said, this proves to be a massive result as United's rivals, City drew at Craven Cottage as an unlucky bounce allowed Fulham to come away with a point. United are now 5 points clear of Chelsea and 2 points ahead of City, just 5 games in to the 2011-2012 EPL season.
