United vs. Chelsea

On Sunday the 11th of January 2009 Manchester United hosted Chelsea in what was expected to be one of the clashes of the season. Old Trafford was the venue. The game was highly antisipated all over the world and millions benched in front of their TVs all around the world. Both teams were in the race for the title before the game, but a lot of people thought the loser would be out of the race. Uniteds manager had been under hard critisizm from Liverpools manager Rafael Benitez, but his side rsponded in a brilliant manner. In a tight first half, United were the better team but didnt get the opener before the last minute when Nemanja Vidic headed in 1-0 behind Petr Cech. From there on, there were only really one team on the pitch and in the second half Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov made it 3-0. This win puts United in a great position before the socond half of the season.

Manchestere United are now 5 points behind leaders Liverpool with games in hand, which means two wins will put them in the driverseat for the title. Uniteds next game is at home to Wigan this wednesday and should be an easy task for a team who should be boosting with confidence after that impressing win over Chelsea.