Chelsea vs Man Utd LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Cole Palmer wins it late on
Chelsea 4-3 Man Utd: Palmer’s hat-trick decides seven-goal thriller at Stamford Bridge
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea clinched a wonderfully thrilling contest with Manchester United on a drama filled night at Stamford Bridge. The Blues took the lead through Conor Gallagher in just the fourth minute as the hosts looked to impose themselves on the game. Things looked even better as Cole Palmer slotted home a penalty after Antony fouled Marc Cucurella in the box.
The first half continued in blistering fashion as Manchester United looked to fight back. It took a misplaced pass from Moises Caicedo to get United back into the game. Alejandro Garnacho took control of the ball, dipped into the box and scored past Dorde Petrovic.
Bruno Fernandes added the equaliser a few minutes later completing a fast and sweeping move with a header from the back post and the teams headed into the break on level terms. Garnacho’s next goal looked to have settled things in United’s favour but Palmer had the final say.
When Diogo Dalot brought down Noni Madueke in the tenth minute of stoppage time, Palmer slipped in the penalty before latching onto a corner a minute later and blazing a deflected strike into the back of the net. Chelsea took the match and Stamford Bridge erupted in jubilation.
Relive the action below plus get the latest odds and tips for the match right here:
Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd
3 mins: The first chance of the night falls to Manchester United as Antony drives it forward on the right wing. He slips it into the box for Aaron Wan-Bissaka who squares a pass.
The ball is blocked by a blue shirt and bobbles back to Antony who drills a shot at goal but hits the blocking Moises Caicedo.
Kick off! Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd
The Blues get the ball rolling at Stamford Bridge and boot the ball over to the right wing. They win it back and send the ball towards the defence in order to build an attack from deep.
Chelsea vs Man Utd
Here come the teams.
The players make their way out onto the pitch at Stamford Bridge. Mason Mount is on the bench for Manchester United on his return to his former club. He scored late for the Red Devils at the weekend, will have have an important role to play tonight as well?
Kick off is up next...
Chelsea vs Man Utd
Raheem Sterling has failed to score in any of his 25 appearances against Manchester United in all competitions which may be why he’s not in the starting line up for Chelsea tonight.
Chelsea vs Man Utd
Mason Mount scored his first competitive goal for Manchester United in the weekend draw at Brentford in his 14th appearance for the club.
Mount netted 33 goals in 195 appearances for Chelsea in all competitions before joining the Red Devils.
Chelsea vs Man Utd
Cole Palmer has been involved in 21 Premier League goals for Chelsea this season, scoring 13 and assisting eight.
Only Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink (32 in 2000-01) and Diego Costa (23 in 2014-15) have been involved in more in their debut campaign for the Blues.
Chelsea vs Man Utd
Manchester United have won more games (80) and have a higher win percentage (59.7%) in the month of April than any other side in Premier League history.
Chelsea vs Man Utd
Chelsea are in the top three teams for the average number of big chances created per game in the Premier League, yet are 14th for scoring those big chances, with a 37.5% ratio.
Meanwhile, Manchester United faced 81 shots across their three league fixtures in March: 27 versus Manchester City, 23 versus Everton and 31 versus Brentford.
Mason Mount returns to Stamford Bridge to reveal painful reality of new Chelsea era
The poster boy for Boehlynomics will be back at Stamford Bridge. Not Todd Boehly himself, and not merely because, after two seasons of hubristic failure, he is keeping a lower profile these days.
But Mason Mount, sold to Manchester United for £55m of pure profit – in the Financial Fair Play lexicon that Boehly has helped bring to a wider audience – which, in a world of amortisation of transfer fees over several years, permitted Chelsea to spend many times as much; from an accounting perspective anyway.
Meanwhile, Mount returns on Thursday with his new employers. He has a solitary goal for Manchester United while Cole Palmer, the Mancunian who could be presented as his replacement, has 16 goals and 12 assists in his relatively brief Chelsea career. All that from a player signed for less than the Londoners banked for Mount. It is an advertisement of Boehly’s brilliance.
Mason Mount returns to Chelsea to reveal painful reality of new era
Mount returns to his boyhood club after an inauspicious start to life at Old Trafford as evidence of everything that has gone wrong at Stamford Bridge under Todd Boehly
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