At 3am Beijing time on May 26, a make-up match for the 32nd round of the 2022-23 Premier League season was played at Old Trafford, with Manchester United hosting Chelsea. In the first half, Casemiro blitzed the goal and Martial extended the score in stoppage time; In the second half, Fofana fouled a penalty and Rashford took advantage of Fofana's mistake to score another goal. Felix fought back before the end to pull one back for Chelsea. In the end, Manchester United's 4-1 victory over Chelsea confirmed qualification for next season's Champions League one round earlier.
Manchester United were fourth in the Premier League, one point behind third-placed Newcastle and three ahead of fifth-placed Liverpool, and a draw would secure Champions League qualification. Chelsea are just 12th in the table and the Blues have just one win since Frank Lampard took over.
In the third minute, Chelsea's Chukuemeca received a right-footed volley from the penalty area line and the ball went over the crossbar. One minute later, Chelsea counter-attacked, Hall pushed across the left side of the box, and Mudrick, who was outflanked in the middle, actually deflected a deflected shot.
In the 6th minute, United won a free-kick on the left flank of the front, Eriksen hoisted the ball into the box, Casemiro in the middle forced a header from Fofana, VAR confirmed that the goal was not offside, and United led Chelsea 1-0.
In the 24th minute, Anthony, who broke through with the ball, was tackled by Chalobah, the former fell to the ground in pain and was carried off the field on a stretcher, and Manchester United replaced Anthony with Marcus Rashford. In the 32nd minute, Hall crossed again from the left side of the pitch and Kai Havertz in the box swooped down and deflected off the post.
In the 33rd minute, B Fei was kicked from behind by an opposing defender while possessing the ball in the box, and the referee did not award a penalty. In the 42nd minute, Gallagher crossed the ball back in front of the right side of the penalty area and Hall's left-footed volley was blocked by the Manchester United defender.
In the 45+5 minute, Casemiro sent a pick pass up front, Sancho on the right side of the box received the ball and attracted the goalkeeper to cross the back post, Anthony Martial rushed to push the empty goal to win, Manchester United 2-0 ahead of Chelsea. At the end of the first half, United had two goals in hand.
In the 47th minute, Gallagher made a mistake in possession at the back and Lindelof made a steal and crossed over to Sancho, who returned to the middle of the box and followed B-Fei with a push that hit the lintel.
In the 50th minute, Mudrick cut inside with the ball on the left flank of the pitch and fired a low right-footed shot in front of the box, which De Gea fell to the ground to save the ball. In the 52nd minute, Malasia crossed from the left side of the penalty area, Eriksen kicked the ball in front of the empty goalkeeper one meter in front of goal, Kepa saved the ball, and then he saved Casemiro's long-range shot.
In the 59th minute, Chelsea's tactical corner kick from the right side of the box was cleared by De Gea, and Mudric took the ball from distance outside the box, De Gea reacted quickly and held the ball. In the 73rd minute, the referee awarded United a penalty when the world's most expensive centre-back Fofana kicked down Buffa, who was dribbling while defending in the box.
The penalty was taken by B Fei himself, who pushed right-footed into the right flank of the goal and easily tricked Kepa into the ball to give United a 3-0 lead over Chelsea.
In the 78th minute, Fofana made another mistake at the back, he was unpressed in the box to make a cross error, B Fei cut in front of the steal and sent a cross, Marcus Rashford wiped the defender's push was blocked by Kepa, and then Marcus Rashford added an empty shot into the net to give United a 4-0 lead over Chelsea.
In the 81st minute, Chelsea's 45-degree cross from the right flank saw Christian Priestic knock De Gea down the penalty area and press De Gea from behind. In the 84th minute, Marcus Rashford crossed in front of the box with the ball in front of the box and Garnacho volleyed the ball and the ball hit the crossbar.
In the 89th minute, Chelsea counter-attacked, Hakim Ziyech sent a pass from the right side of the back, Felix received the ball in the middle circle and drove straight in, dribbled the ball to the box with a low right-footed shot, De Gea could not save, Chelsea trailed Manchester United 4-1.
In the 90th minute, United had a chance to score when a cross from the right side of the pitch found Ghana Jo at the back post, and the Argentine's left-footed shot was blocked by Kepa with his foot. In the end, the game was over, with Manchester United beating Chelsea 4-1.