Chelsea vs Man Utd LIVE RESULT: Marc Cucurella SCORES only goal of the game as Maresca’s side take HUGE three points
CHELSEA have BEATEN Manchester United as they take a HUGE step towards the Champions League.
Marc Cucurella scored the only goal of a close game to move Chelsea within touching distance of the Champions League next season.
Harry Maguire thought he had given Man Utd the lead in London, but his strike was ruled out for offside.
Chelsea then had their own VAR drama, as Andre Onana appeared to catch Tyrique George, but the VAR ruled out the spot kick.
Elsewhere, Aston Villa also took a huge step towards the Champions League, beating Tottenham.
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39. Even at this early stage of the game most people are hoping this game could go straight to penalties.
Man Utd are content just passing the ball around.
They are willing to do anything to avoid that 18th defeat of the season.
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37. Thomas Tuchel is in the stands this evening.
He is probably wishing he went to the theatre instead.
However, we do have some amateur dramatics at Stamford Bridge as Hojlund goes down like his skull has been fractued despite nobody touching him.
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35. Neto looks to try his luck from a tight angle.
It is a poor decision by the winger.
There were plenty of players in the middle waiting for the cross.
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33. For all their attacking threat, Chelsea have asked little of the Man Utd keeper at all.
Their is no penetration in their play whatsoever.
Elsewhere, Villa are ahead against Tottenham and Chelsea are out of the top five.
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31. This one will not feature in any showreel for the Premier League from what we have seen so far.
Fernandez spreads it out wide to Neto.
He looks to cross from the byline but Onana gathers at the near post, at the second attempt.
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29. Chelsea are starting to grow in the game more.
They are starting to ask questions of the Red Devils' defence now.
It is more like a Premier League football match with both sides looking to break the deadlock.
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27. Palmer sees the ball for the first time in the game.
He tries his luck from distance but it deflects wide for a corner.
Chance for Chelsea to send the centre-backs forward.
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25. This game really needs a goal.
As it stands, the visitors look most likely to get it.
Chelsea have bee woeful so far in West London.
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23. It has been all Man Utd in the early stages here.
Considering Chelsea have Champions League football to play for, you would not think so with their work ethic so far.
The fans are starting to get a bit disgruntled now.
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21. Man Utd are on the attack once again.
Mount slides in to get onto the end of it but slices it well wide of the target.
It's just nice to see him out of the treatment room at Old Trafford to be honest.
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19. A big let-off for the hosts.
The automated VAR showed that Maguire was slightly offside in the build-up.
For an automated system, the review process still took so long that you could easily expect somebody to be drawing the graphic on an etch-a-sketch.
Goal disallowed by VAR
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17. Stamford Bridge has fallen silent apart from the away end.
VAR is currently reviewing the incident.
There was a Man Utd player stood in the line of sight of the keeper in an offside position.
Goal - Harry Maguire (Man Utd)
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13. Fernandes is not happy with the challenges flying in.
Not out of character for the Man Utd skipper, who loves a moan at the best of times.
He would be an absolute nightmare to live next door to, complaining about the height of your hedges and your recycling bins being out too long.
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11. It has been a scrappy start to the game.
You feel this game needs a goal to settle it down.
Dorgu is penalised for a lunging chhallenge on Fernandez.
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9. Amad looks to drive into the box but Cucurella stops him in his tracks.
Mount dives into a challenge to try and win the ball back.
He has more motivation than anyone else to impress this evening.
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7. Man Utd are looking confident at the back.
They are cutting out every Chelsea attack so far.
The Red Devils are passing it around and making the hosts chase the ball in the early stages.
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5. What a miss by Chelsea to take the lead.
A ball swung into the back post finds an unmarked Madueke.
He volleys into row M when he should have scored.
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3. Chelsea look to get forward on the attack.
Man Utd counter and as a ball is swung into the box, a looping header is collected by The Blues' keeper.
It has been a good start to the game by both sides.
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1. This is a massive game for the hosts.
Their top five hopes rest upon getting three points.
Man Utd are looking to secure their starting spots for the Europa League final.
Kick-off: Chelsea vs Man Utd
We are underway at Stamford Bridge.
It is a full house for this Friday night fixture.
Man Utd get the game started.
Almost time to go
The Blues and Utd are set to get going in around 15-minutes time.
Can the Blues ease past a Utd side in poor form, or will Amorim's side pull off an upset?
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Moises Caicedo has been seen at Stamford Bridge wearing a mask ahead of the game.
A worry for Blues fans?
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Action is underway at Villa Park.
A couple of half chances for either side have made up the opening 10 minutes, but nothing to separate the sides.