On Thursday evening (25 May) two teams from completely different starting conditions met in Old Trafford as part of a postponed game in the 32nd game of the Premier League.

On the one hand, Manchester United have been unbeaten in 28 home games (24 wins – 4 draws) and kept a clean sheet in their last six league games, while Chelsea have suffered 15 losses since the start of the year in the league and the black Lampard’s record of 7 defeats in his nine games on the bench as an official.

The above elements were also the ‘compass’ of the game, with the Red Devils being deadly effective against the talkative Londoners in the first half, scoring twice, only to score twice more in the second to make it a convincing 4-1, with which they secured participation in the Champions League a matchday before the final, leaving Liverpool in 5th place and in… the Europa League.

The match

Manchester United entered the field with the clear aim of scoring quickly to take the pressure off and they did so in the 6th minute from a set piece. Eriksen executed a free-kick from the left and Casemiro sent the ball into Kepa’s net with a wonderful header, the goal being awarded after phase control by VAR (1-0).

That goal saw the game speed up even more after that, only Anthony with his serious injury (he left the stadium crying on a stretcher) had an unfortunate moment and gave the hosts an icicle.

The Chelsea players tried to capitalize on this as they had two excellent chances in Havertz (32′) and Gallagher (45’+1′) but they couldn’t find the goal and paid dearly as Martial received an assist from Martial Sancho and gave his team a two-goal lead in the sixth and final minute of first-half injury time.

United came on strong in the second half, scoring in the opening minutes through Bruno Fernandes (47min) and an incredible chance from Eriksen’s back-heel (51min) which Kepa saved on the line, with Chelsea having the first on their side of the final at home in the 59th minute when De Gea had to make a difficult effort to stop a deflected shot from Hall.

However, United were dominant in the second half and confirmed that within minutes, scoring two more goals and turning their win into a party. Bruno Fernandes made it 3-0 in the 73rd minute when he converted a penalty won by Fofana, while five minutes later Rashford made it 4-0 from close range, becoming United’s first player since Robin van Persie in 2012/13 was 30 goals in one season in all competitions.

As the game progressed, the Red Devils created more chances and threatened the Londoners with an even heavier defeat, with Chelsea saving more goals on their side and also finding consolation, with Felix winning with a great De Gea shot from outside the box in the 89th minute and write the final result with 4:1.

• MANCHESTER UNITED: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Lindelof, Shaw (46′ Malaysia), Casemiro, Eriksen (70′ Fred), Anthony (29′ Rashford), Bruno Fernandes (86′ McTominay), Sancho, Martial (70′ Garnazzo)
• CHELSEA: Kepa, Athpilicueta, Tchaloma, Wesley Fofana, Hall, Tsukumeka (82′ Loftus-Cheek), Enzo Fernandes, Gallagher (82′ David Fofana), Madueke (82′ Ziguez), Havertz (64′ Felix), Mudric (64′ Pulisic ). )