Chelsea boosts the fight for the title after managing to beat Manchester United!

Chelseaa passed with 2-1 by Manchester United and climbed to 4th place in the championship , applying to the leader the second defeat this season in the Premier League.
 Wayne Rooney's goal in the first half, after a shot from 20 m,  has created for the "red devils" the illusion that they can win at Stamford Bridge after waiting for eight years, but Carlo Ancelotti's men were able to take advantage of the opposing central defenders mistakes and they turned the score in the second half. The Brazilian Luiz David, who was at his the first game as holder, equalized with a shot from the box  and Frank Lampard converted the penalty given by Atkinson after a  arguable foul of  Smalling on the Russian Yiuri Zhirkov. And that after Rooney missed two clear opportunities at 1-1.In the minutes of extension , Nemanja Vidic received a second yellow, an event hailed as one of the favorites goal by the 42,000 fans in London.

Fernando Torres didn't scored this time either for Chelsea, as well as the main goal-man of the guests , Dimitar Berbatov, used only in the last 20 minutes  in Hernandez Ferguson's place.

Following this result, Chelsea made the castle with Tottenham, the last qualifier for the Champions League, while Manchester keeps the lead of four points from Arsenal, but "the Gunners" have played a game less.

Given by the press of Albion as sacked after poor results in the recent period , Carlo Ancelotti is very happy after the success of Tuesday evening, but he was realistic about the chances for the title.
"There are 12 points between us and United, a huge difference. Manchester has played consistently this season, we must recognize that. We achieved an important victory, which gives us confidence, but we don't have chances for the first place, the leader is too far", stressed the Italian coach.
 Ancelotti also commented the performance of Torres: "We should not judge Torred by that criterion . I do not ask my strikers to give goals, but to play for the team, and he did that, he put pressure on the defenders."


Alex Ferguson was furious at the end on the referee Atkinson, who overlooked a yellow worth foul of the marker the first goal of the hosts, David Luiz, on Rooney,  situation which would lead to the midfielder's elimination , who had been warned a few minutes earlier.

You can find a description of the game on GoalCrunch.!