Chelsea 2 Manchester United 3: match report

28 October 2012 18:00
Roberto Di Matteo and Sir Alex Ferguson had to be separated today as Manchester United ended their 10-year wait for a Premier League win at Chelsea in the most controversial manner imaginable. Chelsea finished with nine men and were beaten by an offside winner as United made up for all the bad luck they perceived they had suffered at Stamford Bridge in one fell swoop to cut their opponents' lead at the top to one point. Referee Mark Clattenburg wrongly sent off Fernando Torres for diving after Chelsea had fought back from a David Luiz own goal and Robin van Persie's ninth of the season to equalise through Juan Mata and Ramires. Branislav Ivanovic did rightly see red five minutes before Torres, whose second yellow card prompted furious exchanges between the rival managers, and that was before Javier Hernandez's winner. Ferguson did not need to bother with mind games against Chelsea last season, so far adrift were they of United in the league.

Source: telegraph