At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on April 29, the 37th round of the Premier League ushered in a focus battle: Manchester United, who aspired to compete for the fourth place, met chelsea, who had no hope of winning the championship.
In the real Premier League table, Chelsea are third with 65 points in 32 games, and Manchester United are sixth with 54 points in 34 games.
Chelsea started 3412, with Havertz and Werner double forwards, forward Mount, midfielders Alonso, Kante, Jorginho and Reese James, three centre-backs Rudiger, Thiago Silva, Azpilicueta and goalkeeper E. Mendy. The total value of the starting eleven is 440 million euros.
Manchester United started 4231, Ronaldo played center, rashford, Ilanga on both sides, B fee at the front, Matic and McTominay at the back, four defenders Tres, Varane, Lindelof, Dalot, goalkeeper De Gea. The captain of the team that has been controversial in recent days, the main center-back Maguire, is injured, and the captain's armband is worn on the B fee that has also been controversial in recent days. The total value of the eleven starters is 400 million euros.
Manchester United's recent record has not been ideal, and after losing to Liverpool and Arsenal in the past two consecutive games, it has become farther and farther away from the top four.
Chelsea's record is also unstable, defeating Real Madrid 3:2 away in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, still due to a 5:6 out on aggregate, the FA Cup semi-final defeat to Crystal Palace 2-0 to reach the final, the last two rounds of the Premier League first lost 2:4 at home to Arsenal, and then beat West Ham United 1:0.
The two sides have met in the past 10 times, with Manchester United having the upper hand with 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, and the last 3 Premier League meetings have been 3 consecutive draws.
After the game opened, Chelsea launched a counter-attack. In the 5th minute, Alonso's cross was met by Reece James' burst that was saved by De Gea. In the 6th minute, Werner took the ball inside the penalty area and turned to shoot, which was held by De Gea again. In the 8th minute, Kanter split the ball down the right and Reese James scored into the box and was blocked by Varane.
In the 10th minute, Tres crossed and B Fei's header was scored by E. Mendy.
In the 28th minute, Kante went straight in and Havertz pushed a shot at De Gea, which was blocked by De Gea.
In the 36th minute, Reece James crossed and Havertz's header was saved by De Gea.
Judging from the situation in the first half, Chelsea's attack was dominant, but many threatening attacks were defused by the brave De Gea.
In the 60th minute, Reece James crossed from the right, Havertz received it, Alonso burst in and the ball was scored! Chelsea lead Manchester United 1-0.
In the 62nd minute, the Manchester United midfielder completed the steal, Nemanja Matic went straight into the penalty area, and C Ronaldo also shot after the oblique ball, and the ball also scored! Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea.
In the 70th minute, Chelsea made a substitution adjustment, with Lukaku and Pulisic coming on.
In the 80th minute, Reece James' shot bounced off the post.
In the end, the two sides drew 1-1, Manchester United accumulated 55 points in 35 games, still ranked sixth in the Premier League table, and fell behind fourth-place Arsenal by 5 points in more rounds of two rounds, and the hope of competing for four was close to being dashed. United have 3 games left, even if they win, they will only have 64 points in the end, while Arsenal with 60 points and Tottenham Hotspur with 58 points have 5 games, and Arsenal can win two more games to make Manchester United desperate.