Marcos Alonso scored the first goal for Chelsea in their 1-1 draw at Old Trafford on Thursday, but Cristiano Ronaldo was able to cancel it out for Manchester United. As their season, which began with so many high expectations, comes to an end, Ralf Rangnick’s United played another game of nothing but bad football.
Chelsea is now in third place with 66 points, five points behind fourth-placed Arsenal, who have played two more games. United is in sixth place with 55 points. During the game, there was only one moment of class. It came from Ronaldo, who controlled the ball and scored the goal with great skill.
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When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and German Rangnick took over from the Norwegian in November, not much worked for Manchester United. But Portugal’s five-time Ballon d’Or winner has been a big hit in front of the goal for United this season.
When Ronaldo scored in the 62nd minute of the match, it was his 17th league goal of the season. Only Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored more, and the ex-Real Madrid player has scored eight out of his team’s last nine goals.
When Cristiano scored a goal, Rangnick didn’t think it was normal for him to do that at 37. Because of his play today, “He can still be crucial to this team.”
It was a good time for us. At first, Chelsea was excellent. When you look at them, you can see that they have a lot of good players, and it’s not so easy to get hold of them. The interim manager will be replaced by Ajax Amsterdam boss Erik ten Hag at the end of the season.
Havertz turned James’ cross, and Alonso volleyed it into the corner of the net with his left foot. When Nemanja Matic scooped the ball over the top, Ronaldo took one touch before slotting the ball past goalkeeper Edouard Mendy in the second minute, making the game level.
A clever, heeled pass from Mason Mount set up James in the 79th minute. The entire back’s left foot curler hit the post. He was angry that his team didn’t take the lead when they were so good in the first half of the game.
“We were the team that should have won.” Nobody took it. Good job, but we didn’t act quickly enough. Manager: “We didn’t have enough drive in the box to win.”
“It can happen sometimes.” Us, we should learn from it. For the reward, you must be careful. To live with a point, but it’s not fair. After a long time, we took the lead. Then, he said the other team got a free shot and scored.
