Crushing Chelsea 4-1, Man United successfully competes for Top 3 Premier League

Experts have given a series of reasons why Man United should not put all their efforts into the match that is only a formality with Chelsea, including using the reserve team to welcome "The Blues" in the make-up match of round 32 in the early morning of May 26.

In fact, apart from the main striker Marcus Rashford who has not fully recovered and was registered as a reserve by coach Erik ten Hag for this match, Man United entered Old Trafford with the strongest squad available.

Casemiro opened the scoring for Man United in the 6th minute

Not only that, the home team launched a series of attacks from the very first minutes, forcing Chelsea into a very difficult defense. In the 6th minute, from a free kick from the left wing by Christian Erioksen, Casemiro put Man United ahead with an unstoppable header. For most of the first half, Man United attacked and Chelsea did not give up with extremely fierce responses.

Smooth start, Man United took control of the whole match

In the first half's extra time, exactly in the 45+6 minute, the home team Man United doubled the gap. In this situation, Casemiro played the role of a creator when he passed the ball very well for Jadon Sancho to break the offside trap and escape.

Instead of scoring directly, the English midfielder passed the ball to his French teammate Anthony Martial who finished into an empty net. Martial missed four scoring opportunities in the first half.

Anthony Martial doubled the gap for the home team at Old Trafford

Host Man United continued to dominate in the second half, causing a lot of trouble for Chelsea, who now seemed to have resigned themselves to another unhappy ending. In the 73rd minute, Bruno Fernandes was fouled by Wesley Fofana in the penalty area and he himself successfully kicked the penalty to increase the score to 3-0.

Bruno Fernandes (8) scored the winning penalty in the 73rd minute.

Just five minutes later, a mistake by Chelsea's defence allowed substitute Marcus Rashford to make it 4-0 after he eliminated both centre-back Wesley Fofana and goalkeeper Kepa Arizzabalaga.

Marcus Rashford (10) increased the score to 4-0 for Man United

All Chelsea could do in this match was a consolation goal by substitute Joao Felix in the 89th minute, preventing David de Gea from keeping his 18th clean sheet of the season. With a 4-1 victory over Chelsea, Man United officially secured a ticket to next season's Champions League and snatched third place in the provisional standings from Newcastle.

Joao Felix scored an honorary goal 1-4 for Chelsea in the 89th minute

Man United will defend their place in the final Top 3 if they do not lose to Fulham at home in the final match of the season on the night of May 28. Man United will have an important match just a few days after facing Fulham, which is the match against the new Premier League champions Man City in the FA Cup final on the evening of June 3. Up to this point, only Man United has the strength to stop Man City from winning the "treble" because of factors that only "arch-rivals" in the same city have.

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