Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United: Antonio Conte outwits Jose Mourinho as Alvaro Morata strikes

Chelsea strike morata score the opening and the winning goal against man utd

Alvaro Morata's 55th-minute header sealed a 1-0 win for Chelsea over Manchester United, who fell eight points behind league leaders Manchester City.

Morata, who revealed he had an offer to join United before signing for Chelsea this summer, headed home Cesar Azpilicueta's cross to ease the pressure on Antonio Conte.

With Manchester City beating Arsenal 3-1 earlier on Super Sunday, the title race has already taken a big swing to the blue side of Manchester but Chelsea closed to within nine points with this deserved victory.

 

The result means Jose Mourinho has not won any of his last 11 Premier League away games at the 'big six' with his teams failing to score in nine of the last 10 matches.

Mourinho's team unexpectedly pressed high early on, with their full-backs playing like wingers at times.
This resulted in an end-to-end game played at a good tempo. Phil Jones thumped a left-wing cross into his own net but was deemed to have been fouled by Morata while Marcus Rashford looped a header over the crossbar when well placed.

Man of the match - Cesc Fabregas

Fabregas was allowed plenty of space by the opposition midfield and he revelled in it, creating six goalscoring opportunities in the match - no other Chelsea player provided more than one. His link-up play with Hazard and Morata, especially in the second-half, provided a platform for Chelsea to pin United back. When he was taken off with 12 minutes to go, United breathed a huge sigh of relief.

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