Manchester United 4 - 0 Chelsea: Exciting aperitif party at Old Trafford

After the big names like Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal, Tottenham have entered the field and had important victories in the opening match, Man Utd and Chelsea have both determined a decisive match, because if one of the two teams stumbles, they will immediately be left behind. Therefore, the two teams entered the match with determination, and aimed for the first important victory of the season.

When the starting whistle blew, the pace of the match was immediately pushed up. Chelsea was the more proactive team in the game with continuous pressure.

Marcus Rashford, shined with a double against Chelsea. Photo by Lan Hodgson

After more than 10 minutes of being pressured by the away team Chelsea, Man Utd players gradually regained control of the game and began to respond.

In the 17th minute of the match, in a quick counter-attack, Rashford made a strong breakthrough in the penalty area, forcing defender Zouma to commit a foul. The referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot, with Rashford as the leading player. On the 11-meter mark, the English player's powerful shot gave goalkeeper Kepa no chance to block. Although the Chelsea goalkeeper guessed the right direction, he could not touch the ball. 1-0 for Man Utd.

Conceding an early goal, Chelsea players were somewhat affected psychologically as they continuously made bad passes. However, Man Utd still could not take advantage of the opportunity. The last 10 minutes of the first half was when the away team players stabilized the game and continuously organized attacks.

Man Utd players had a good match against Chelsea. Getty Images

At the end of the first half, Man Utd temporarily led Chelsea with a score of 1-0, the goal was scored from the 1 meter mark, the scorer for the "Red Devils" was Rashford.

Entering the second half, Chelsea was the team that kicked off the ball, and immediately organized an attack but did not play impressively. It was still Pedro's dribbling and stirring, or Emerson's high-flying situations. However, facing Man Utd's tight defense, the solution that Chelsea players came up with was to shoot from afar, but they were all inaccurate, or not too dangerous and were blocked by goalkeeper De Gea.

Tragedy began to strike for coach Frank Lampard's team. In the 65th minute of the match, Chelsea's loose defense was defeated when Martial rushed in and tapped the ball into the net of goalkeeper Kepa after Pereira's cross. 2 - 0 for Man Utd.

While the Chelsea players' mentality was still unstable, just 2 minutes later, in the 67th minute of the match, Man Utd scored a goal to increase the score to 3-0, after Pogba's smart long pass from the midfield area for Rashford to run up and face goalkeeper Kepa with a decisive shot.

Coach Solskjear had a more successful Premier League opening match than expected when Man Utd won 4-0 against Chelsea. Getty photo

The match ended at Old Trafford, Man Utd had an impressive opening performance when they crushed Chelsea with 4 goals to nil, thereby joining the teams with 3 points on the opening day of the Premier League.

With this victory, Man Utd temporarily rose to second place in the table, behind neighbor Man City, with 1 goal less.

A good match for Man Utd when the players in coach Solskjaer's hands played extremely well: Paul Pogba was still an extremely dangerous explosive with 2 assists, new player Daniel James also scored, and most importantly, the stability in the playing style that the Norwegian strategist is aiming for.

With coach Frank Lampard having a debut match as Chelsea manager in the first round could not be worse: when Chelsea completely lost to a young Man Utd like them. The Chelsea legend will have a lot of work to do to revive a Chelsea that is extremely tired in the early days of the transfer force. Especially when they lost their number one attacking star Eden Hazard, along with the transfer ban for 2 consecutive periods by UEFA.

Goal scorer:

Man Utd: Rashford (18, 65), Martial (67'), James (81').

Line-up:

MU: De Gea, Shaw, Lindelof, Maguire, Wan-Bissaka, Pogba, McTominay, Lingard, Pereira, Rashford, Martial

Chelsea: Kepa, Emerson, Christensen, Zouma, Azpilicueta, Kovacic, Jorginho, Mount, Barkley, Pedro, Abraham.

Round 1 results – Premier League: