Manchester United won over Chelsea in the second round of their European Championship League game by 2:1agg 3-1.
Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney, Ji-sung Park, Michael Carrick and company were simply far hungrier than their visitors, whose interest in the season’s grand prizes ended in embarrassing circumstances with the listless Fernando Torres hauled off and Ramires sent off.
It required an admiring glance only at one special cameo to appreciate why United were better, why they utterly deserved victory and a semi-final with Schalke (barring a miracle for Inter Milan).
The game’s defining memory came not from the build-ups to the goals of Javier Hernandez or Park, however fine those moves were; it came with Giggs sliding in on the sluggish Frank Lampard, winning the ball and a standing ovation.
Chelsea started very brightly and were regularly carving the hosts apart with brilliant buildup play. The base of three midfielders held the line, Anelka and Lampard providing the link, and Torres... well, he didn't really do much, and that was the problem. The Blues didn't manage to generate nearly enough chances with him in the game. Lampard should have scored very early on, and Anelka missed twice by a combined distance of about four inches with Edwin van der Sar well beaten...
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Chelsea started very brightly and were regularly carving the hosts apart with brilliant buildup play. The base of three midfielders held the line, Anelka and Lampard providing the link, and Torres... well, he didn't really do much, and that was the problem. The Blues didn't manage to generate nearly enough chances with him in the game. Lampard should have scored very early on, and Anelka missed twice by a combined distance of about four inches with Edwin van der Sar well beaten...
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