Chelsea faced United there was no sign of stopping either team. Chelsea before the first half was dominating United and toying with their defense. Although, the game was full of attack and fast play even there were many chances of counter-attacks. However, the 21-year-old young attacking midfielder Cole Palmer shone as he scored a hat-trick which broke and trembled United’s defense and morale.
The game was on the verge of ending that’s when Palmer stood in and scored two goals within a minute and brought Chelsea a big victory. Although there was an excellent effort from the Argentine prodigy Alejandro Garnacho, it was kept down by the Englishman. Let’s have a look at this epic game’s highlights.
Pochettino Picks Up the Wild Card that Disheartened United fans
The lineup for United was more favorable than Chelsea’s, due to which they had an advantage of midfield power. The game started with the kickoff of Chelsea. The Blues used their wing power as Conor Gallagher fired a straight shot at Onana, Somehow, Onana missed the ball while diving which went into the net.
In just 4 minutes Chelsea 1- United 0. Just in 15 minutes, Marc Cucurella gets attacked by Antony into the box which ignites the danger. Chelsea gets the penalty where Cole Palmer outsmarts the United goalkeeper and slots in the opposite direction. 2-0 for Chelsea
United’s trembling mark comes to an end when Moises Caicedo mis-passes the ball that’s where Garnacho gets the ball and runs it for a goal. 2-1 for United. Just after a few moments Dalot crosses the ball and Bruno times the jump and heads it for goal. United gets the tie on this one. 2-2 for United.
Half-time as Cole Palmer Crushes United’s Hopes
City’s boy is Chelsea’s man. Star boy back at it again
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After the half time, straight forward to the 67th minute Antony crosses the wonderful ball for Garnacho where he hits a powerful header and goes for a goal. The lead for United arises as the score-line becomes 2-3 for United. The game nearly comes to an end for Chelsea, only trailing by one goal.
Madueke with a run seeking for a cross tripped by Diogo Dalot which caught the referee’s attention and gave it for a penalty. After a confirmation check from VAR Chelsea takes the penalty and there is a Deja Vu moment for Cole Palmer.
Cole Palmer again outsmarts Onana throwing him in the wrong direction. 3-3 for Chelsea in 90+10 minutes. The final blow came when Chelsea took a corner and Cole Palmer hit the deflecting shot off the goal. Which saved Chelsea from the ruins and Cole Palmer gets his hat-trick.
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Was there a Penalty or it was a Dive?
When Dalot tripped over Madueke many questions were raised by the football specialists. The arm of Dalot touched Madueke, but it didn’t make enough force in the contact to be considered a penalty. There was not even a foot contact. Which solves that it was a dive. Even the English commentators confessed that it was not a penalty. Therefore, if Chelsea were not given a penalty, United could’ve won.