The victory took Louis van Gaal’s side into second place, two points behind neighbours Manchester City. Before that, he had put impressive performances in against PSV Eindhoven and against Liverpool where he scored a superb solo goal on his debut for United. “We saw...
PSV Eindhoven defender Hector Moreno has admitted he is praying for Manchester United’s Luke Shaw after he made the tackle that caused the full-back to suffer a double fracture of his leg on Tuesday.
Chelsea’s worst start since 1988 has led to speculation of rifts within the camp, which Mourinho has strenuously denied, while Hazard has struggled to reach the same heights this term.
“We benefited from that experience, and we want to be involved in Europe again”, he said, “to have that mentality that will give us the same focus in every single game we go into”.
The pre-match hype was around the returning Daniel Sturridge, but it was Danny Ings who stole the headlines when he came off the bench to give the hosts the lead early in the second half.
This is his first time out here and although it has taken a while to get into the groove, I think he is now in a position where he can have a good race tomorrow.
On loan Chelsea star was too good to stop, his direct running and dribbling caused lots of havoc in the City’s defenses, resulting to a 2 goal lead in 31st minute.