Man United find bite, Amorim system success to beat Chelsea

MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester United eased the unit connected manager Ruben Amorim with a tense 2-1 win against Chelsea astatine Old Trafford connected Saturday aft some sides were reduced 10 players pursuing first-half reddish cards.

Goals from Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro enactment United 2-0 up earlier halftime aft Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sánchez was sent disconnected successful the 5th infinitesimal for a foul connected Bryan Mbeumo. But with Casemiro besides sent disconnected by referee Peter Bankes for 2 first-half yellowish cards, United endured a nervy 2nd half, particularly erstwhile Trevoh Chalobah scored for Chelsea successful the 80th minute.

Despite an anxious last period, however, United held connected to assertion lone their 2nd triumph of the play -- a triumph that moves them into the apical fractional of the array having started the crippled successful 17th position, 1 spot supra the relegation zone. -- Mark Ogden

Man United rediscover their wound to bushed Chelsea

Whether it was a absorption to the disapproval of their show successful past week's 3-0 derby decision distant to Manchester City oregon conscionable the lid blowing disconnected weeks of frustration, Manchester United's players showed acold much wound and aggression than accustomed connected the mode to triumph against Chelsea.

Former United skipper Roy Keane hinted astatine a deficiency of combat from his aged nine aft the City decision by bemoaning the deficiency of yellowish cards astatine the Etihad, but United showed plentifulness of tone successful this game. Casemiro was booked for an aboriginal foul connected Enzo Fernández, which acceptable the code for a spiky archetypal fractional -- a fractional that ended with the erstwhile Real Madrid midfielder sent disconnected for a 2nd yellowish pursuing different foul connected Andrey Santos.

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It wasn't conscionable Casemiro getting progressive with the carnal stuff, though.

Luke Shaw had 2 clashes with Fernández, including 1 erstwhile helium shoved the Chelsea midfielder down the broadside of the pitch, and Harry Maguire was progressive a lengthy conflict with João Pedro. Shaw's confrontation with Fernández continued astatine the last whistle.

Matthijs de Ligt was different United subordinate who produced immoderate robust challenges, and the cumulative effect of the aggression was that the fans got down the location side, ensuring that the assemblage and the location squad fed disconnected each other. Far excessively often, these United players suffer their idiosyncratic battles against nonstop opponents, but not connected th...