When will “The Blues” lose at Stamford Bridge?

The reason for this question is that in the last 65 matches at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea are unbeaten (54 wins, 11 draws). The last time “The Blues” had to taste defeat at home was when they lost 3-5 to Arsenal (October 2011).

People say, only Mourinho, who is an “old man” of Chelsea, can do this. Chelsea players do not always play well, but at the “holy land” Stamford Bridge, they are always lucky, the match with MU is a specific example.

The calculation of two teachers

Mourinho had a very reasonable strategy when using Nemanja Matic to "kill" conductor Eden Hazard, giving the home team the advantage. The away team MU players remained loyal to the Portuguese coach's football philosophy, accepting to play in a "bitter and humiliating" style.

Assistant Marco Ianni screamed right in front of Jose Mourinho. Photo: Internet

At Stamford Bridge, MU was quickly overtaken by Chelsea after a header from centre-back Antonio Rudiger in the 21st minute. However, Martial shone with a double in the 53rd and 73rd minutes to help the "Red Devils" lead 2-1 before being equalised in the final seconds of the match.

Coach Sarri showed respect for his MU colleague by putting on the field the strongest players at hand. In the 4-3-2 formation, Hazard was closely marked by Matic and Young and did not hesitate to commit fouls, so it was difficult to escape.

Center forward Morata has scored the goal of the season but is not the type of striker who thrives in big games. Left wing William has shown that he is still better for Brazil than “The Blues”, although the winger still moves quite a lot.

The difference in this match is that Kante is free to play, not confined to the right wing as usual. Coach Sarri commented that only his favorite student Jorginho playing in the center will have difficulty against Pogba in the opponent's 4-2-3-1 formation.

MU only had the ball 37% of the time, fired 7 shots towards Chelsea's goal (opponent 21) but hit the target 4 times. MU players played extremely tough, ready to commit fouls when losing the ball to slow down the match, causing referee Mike Dean to blow the whistle 17 times and give out yellow cards 5 times.

The irony

Since the start of the season, MU has only kept a clean sheet in 1 match. After 9 rounds, goalkeeper David De Gea has had to pick the ball out of the net 16 times despite his excellent performance.

After 9 rounds, MU lost 5 goals from set pieces. Under Mourinho, the newspaperIndependentpointed out that the "Red Devils" lost up to 20 goals from dead balls, an alarming number if we know that the more "The Special One" tries to block them, the more they get lost.

Martial was the best player of the match. Photo: Internet

Coach Mourinho has always prioritized recruiting players who are 1.82 m or taller. At MU, he also built his team based on this, with Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic, Victor Lindelof. Preventing the opponent from scoring from set pieces is always the first principle Jose Mourinho aims for in any team he leads.

Looking at the way Pogba let Rudiger pass him, then headed him in and David Luiz almost increased that number to 6 at the end of the match, it is clear that Mourinho is angry that the opponent robbed him of 2 points. Ironically, this season, Chelsea is the worst attacking team from set pieces in the top 6.

What’s more ironic is that Sanchez, the favorite player that Jose Mourinho himself rushed to save MU, is on the bench. When he was put on the field, this Chilean striker mainly played defensive duties. Meanwhile, Anthony Martial, the rebellious striker at the beginning of the season, brought the Portuguese strategist 2 very classy goals.

Since moving to MU in the summer of 2015, Anthony Martial has scored 40 goals in 145 appearances in all competitions, more than any other player for the "Red Devils".

A match that brought too many emotions to the viewers. At the end of the match, assistant Marco Ianni left his position to scream, right in front of Jose Mourinho, making the "Special One" mad and determined to settle the score, making people remember this dramatic draw even more./.