On Sunday evening, the final match of the 1st round of the new season of the English Premier League was played.
It was a real treat - at "Old Trafford" stadium, "Manchester United" clashed with London's "Chelsea", coached by Frank Lampard. Starting the match off well, the "Blues" had to swallow a bitter pill - the "Red Devils" scored a stunning victory with a score of 4:0 by punishing the visitors in quick attacks.
At the beginning of the match, it seemed like "Man Utd" would have difficulties in defense. The "Blues" dominated possession and created dangerous attacks. One of them almost ended in a goal when Tammy Abraham hit the crossbar.
However, successfully defended, "Man Utd" launched a dangerous counterattack, which ended in Marcus Rashford earning a penalty shot. Kurt Zouma made a mistake in his penalty area, and M. Rashford, taking the penalty shot, did not make a mistake and led the hosts ahead with a powerful strike.
After the goal, "Man Utd" gained confidence and stopped the "Chelsea" attacks. No more goals were scored in the remaining time of the first half.
In the second half, "Manchester United" demonstrated not only a solid defense but also their attacking strength.
In the 65th minute, after a pass from Andreas Pereira, forward Anthony Martial increased the lead in the midfield position, and just two minutes later, "Chelsea" sent M. Rashford to score for the second time in the match. He was given the opportunity by an amazing pass from Paul Pogba from his own half.
"Chelsea" did not recover from this blow, and in the 81st minute, they were punished with another goal. The final touch was made by Daniel James, who made his debut in the "Man Utd" team.
Result:
"Man Utd" 4 - 0 "Chelsea"
18' [1 - 0] M. Rashford (penalty)
65' [2 - 0] A. Martial
67' [3 - 0] M. Rashford
81' [4 - 0] D. James
Tournament table:
Starting line-ups:
"Man Utd": De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Shaw, Maguire, Lindelof; McTominay, Pogba; Pereira, Lingard, Martial; Rashford.
"Chelsea": Kepa; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Zouma; Kovacic, Jorginho; Emerson, Pedro, Barkley, Mount; Abraham.
