well a very good evening to you on what is pretty close to an ideal evening for football there is
a barely a cloud evident the world and his wife have gone to great lengths to be here for
a match of great consequence and massive interest in these parts barely a breath of wind
so the football has no excuses for not being at its very best the teams i know
are pumped for this they are fantastic scenes in the stands
there is a great sense of drama here a great sense of excitement and expectation these scenes
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mouthwatering this between two very high quality sides a treat for everybody here well get ready
for some high grade football peter two strong teams as you say full of wonderful individual
talent and we have every right to anticipate some really entertaining football as to whether we'll
see a high scoring contest that's a little harder to predict i'm not complaining though because
there are good players everywhere you look around this surface and that's a fine start in itself
as you can see we've already started here
who do you think this turns on jim yeah thiago silva he's a player who doesn't seem
to have any weaknesses at all peter he's strong he's quick he's technically gifted
and very comfortable in possession what i particularly find impressive about him though
is his consistency and his reliability he just never seems to to make a mistake
opposition strikers could be in for a hard time of it today
i wonder whether that has anything to do with you being a defender once upon a time jim
fred tries to get it forward quickly
rashford who's going to get there that's clear-cut it's a free kick
great strength too strong for his opponent rashford
now it's cristiano ronaldo it's cristiano ronaldo
cristiano ronaldo quickly realized that he could have a pop not his best
as plequetta goes looking
hoists it forward kante drives it forward bruno fernandez gets it back sancho
more than happy to take the muscular approach could be thinking cristiano ronaldo
and it's paid forward lukaku good challenge he just stood firm
endless list of could haves and should haves look the game is full of ifs and buts
if only the the past could have completed its journey
oh shooting chance
alex tell us
alex celes plays it forward oh real danger here one sucker continues his run
lindelof battles to win it back
precious little by way of gold mouth action yet
that's one way of trying to make things happen there's a few who could follow that example
christensen goes looking marcos alonso looks to bypass the midfield
hit long and direct he's gone away
this could fall anywhere rashford there's alerts to the possibilities but in the end it's fruitless
we hit half time so another team has broken through
but certainly not for the want of trying with an interesting game up to now but still goals
that's the start of another 45 minutes manchester united clearly have been the better side for me
yeah i know the score doesn't quite reflect it but if they go about their game
in the same manner as the opening 45 minutes things really should improve
can't get the better of his opposite number matic concedes a free kick for that
the balls come loose and the chase is on
sancho bruno fernandez it's rashford
big relief it just needed better contact all he'd be thinking is please ground swallow me up
christensen drives it forward kante tries to get it forward quickly
that was one quality pass away from being a very decent chance very promising chelsea
seemed to have chosen a tougher route through the middle that was easily read and dealt with
he spotted the run and played him through he could have been in just needed a better final ball
manchester united just had to make the ball stick but came up short
can't take spreads it towards the left
could move up a gear here
that will annoy the manager they're making themselves too predictable here full media
to be better there that's a wasted chance and certainly caught him there's a free kick
and we have the first dead bull situation of the game promising one
he's shaping up to have a crack from here
bruno fernandez
no breakthrough and well into the second period it is still anyone's game
so now we're gonna get those changes we have been expecting
christensen ford it goes
going through here it is now surely now the referee has bought that i'm not sure i have
draw your own conclusions i've drawn mine
well it looked like a dive to me too the theatrics were a poor attempt to convince
weren't they manchester united present their opponents with the best possible chance here
one nil never any doubts
oh dispatched with certainty well that looked a simple case of giving
the keeper the eyes and just slipping the ball to the other side that was clever
foreign
deadlock broken it's one nil the perfect display and the old
saying comes to mind when the going gets tough etc
rashford offside keep calm and carry on that's the job in a nutshell now
and it's lukaku
this is good ball retention and it should be enough from here but
they want to double their advantage
defense has got rid of that maguire gets it back
fred manchester united must do something here and very quickly at least they're going about
it as they should having brought this on themselves looks to clip it forward
i think it's time for them to concentrate on closing this
manchester united have a simple task to find something sustained now and keep the pressure on
sancho
good clearance and very necessary
official showing that there will be three minutes of added time
well it looks a foul referee's given it
christensen hudson a toy just brushed off the ball there
and the referee brings it to a close always in the balance
and in the end one goal was enough they are narrowly beaten look i think a draw might
have been a much fairer result today it's just that one crucial second half