20:58
Stuart Attwell will referee the game today and lead the players onto the lawn of the theater of dreams in Manchester. “Get the job done,” Erik ten Hag demanded of his players in an interview, and that means securing entry into the Champions League. But Chelsea would certainly like to prove themselves again. Hopefully we will see an exciting encounter. It will start soon!
20:51
In the first leg, the spectators got to see an offensive encounter. Both teams looked very disorganized and many actions in attack failed on both sides. Since there was no goal in sight, a penalty kick had to help. After a foul by McTominay shortly before the end of the game, Jorginho converted the logical penalty to a 1-0 lead and the almost decision. Almost only because Manchester United had an opportunity after all. Casemiro was able to swing the ball over the line after a corner kick in the fourth minute of added time and equalized. Hopefully there will be a little more attacking football today.
20:45
There are some changes in the starting lineup for the guests from London. Lampard switches to a 4-3-3 formation compared to the loss to Manchester City and makes three changes in the starting XI. Defense chief Thiago Silva is just sitting on the bench today. Loftus-Cheek and Sterling also failed to make the starting eleven, with the latter not included in the squad. The Blues take a more offensive approach and bring Chukwuemeka in central midfield, as well as Madueke and Mudryk on the offensive. In addition, Kai Havertz starts again at the top of the west Londoners.
20:40
Today’s home side were successful against Bournemouth and were able to bag an important threesome with a 0:1 away win. Accordingly, ten Hag is sticking to his line-up and sending the same eleven into the race as on the previous matchday.
20:34
Unfortunately, the guests have a large share in the lack of explosiveness in this encounter. Chelsea simply want to bring a consistently weak season to an end in order to deal in detail with the chain of errors that led to the Blues’ poor placement during the summer break. After 36 games, the west Londoners have collected just 43 points and therefore a weak point average of 1.19. In addition, there are 15 defeats and the end of all cup competitions. It is simply a season to forget, which did not show any positive effects even after the hasty suspension of Thomas Tuchel, the failed project with Graham Potter and the re-appointment of club legend Frank Lampard. The aim for the Blues is therefore simply to bring the current season to an end and to focus fully on the coming season – and not without a corresponding error analysis.
20:20
At this point in the season, this encounter would have been far more gripping in previous years. It would probably be about entering the Champions League or even the championship. This season, however, things are a little different. To be fair, the hosts are still up for a place in the premier class. The Red Devils would secure fourth place with a point today and would not have to worry about the last day of the coming weekend. Nevertheless, Liverpool lurks in fifth place, three points behind and a significantly better goal difference. The team under Erik ten Hag will therefore not want to let anything burn in front of their home crowd in the theater of dreams and bring the secure Champions League entry into dry cloths.
20:01
Hello and welcome to the Premier League catch-up game of matchday 32 between Manchester United and Chelsea. At 9 p.m. the ball rolls at Old Trafford. The live ticker for this match starts right before the kick-off.