Player Manchester United's Anthony Martial scores his team's second goal during the English Premier League match against Chelsea, May 25, 2023.
Manchester – Manchester United's soccer players beat at home 4 in the end of the 32nd round of the English league :1 Chelsea and after two years they again advanced to the Champions League. The “Red Devils” have moved up to third place, two points ahead of Newcastle, and even in the event of a defeat in the final round, they will not fall lower than fourth place. The chance for a millionaire competition was lost to the fifth Liverpool, which is waiting for next season in the European League.
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Manchester sent midfielder Casemiro into the lead in the sixth minute, who decided Saturday's duel in Bournemouth (1:0). Even before the break, Martial made his mark, in the 73rd minute Fernandes added a third strike from the penalty, and soon the team's top scorer Rashford scored his 30th competitive goal of the season.
Chelsea corrected the score in the 89th minute thanks to Félix. United beat the “Blues” after more than three years and six games. They succeeded at home in the league for the fifth time in a row.
Twelfth-placed Chelsea deepened the results crisis, winning only one of the last 13 competitive matches. Coach Lampard fielded the youngest starting line-up in the club's history today with an average age of 23 years and 238 days. At the same time, as only the third coach in the Premier League, he sent nine players under the age of 24 onto the pitch from the start.
English Football League – Round 32:
Manchester United – Chelsea 4:1 (6. Casemiro, 45.+6 Martial, 73. Fernandes from pen., 78. Rashford – 89. Félix).
Table:
1. | Manchester City | 37 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 94:32 | 89 |
2. | Arsenal | 37 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 83:43 | 81 |
3. | Manchester United | 37 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 56:42 | 72 |
4. | Newcastle | 37 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 70 | |
5. | Liverpool | 37 | 9 | 9 | 71:43 | 66 | |
6. | Brighton | 37 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 71:51 | 62 |
7. | Aston Villa | 37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 49:45 | 58 |
8. | Tottenham | 37 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 66:62 | 57 |
9. | Brentford | 37 | 14 | 14 | 9< /td> | 57:46 | 56 |
10. | Fulham | 37< /td> | 15 | 7 | 15 | 54:51 | 52 | 11. | Crystal Palace | 37 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 39:48 | 44 |
12. | Chelsea | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 37:46 | 43 |
13. | Wolverhampton | 37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 31:53 | 41 |
14. | West Ham United | 37 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 41:53 | 40 |
15. | Bournemouth | 37 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 37:70 | 39 |
16th | Nottingham | 37 | 9 | 10 | 18< /td> | 37:67 | 37 |
17. | Everton | 37< /td> | 7 | 12 | 18 | 33:57 | 33 | 18. | Leicester | 37 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 49:67 | 31 |
19. | Leeds | 37 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 47:74 | 31 |
20th | Southampton | 37 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 24 |