Cucurella scored the only goal to help Chelsea beat Man United

Chelsea players celebrate victory - Photo: Reuters

The match was exciting from the first minutes, with the two teams exchanging attacks. In the 4th minute, Cole Palmer had a very good pass for Madueke to shoot from less than 4 meters away, but this player shot high into the sky.

In the 16th minute, Harry Maguire shot past goalkeeper Robert Sanchez (Chelsea), but VAR later ruled out the goal for offside. In the 25th minute, Reece James joined the attack and fired a beautiful volley from outside the box, but this time the post denied Chelsea a goal.

In the following minutes, Chelsea played more aggressively and created many chances, but their strikers could not penetrate the net of goalkeeper Andre Onana. It was not until the 71st minute that Reece James turned around to eliminate the Man United defender and then passed the ball to Cucurella to head the ball close to the goal to open the score 1-0.

Chelsea would have doubled their lead had Madueke's shot not been denied by the crossbar in the 73rd minute. However, the 1-0 win moved Chelsea up to fourth place with 66 points, one point ahead of sixth-placed Manchester City. But Manchester City have played one game less. Meanwhile, United remain 16th with 39 points, one point ahead of 17th-placed Tottenham.

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