No he didnt.

Any other questions?

He clearly did go into the crowd even the commentators said it and i seen it.

Ref did an ok job today but not consistant.

Ok he ran into the crowd, REALLY dont care.

Tense finish to the game Drogba rag dolled the defense all day , winning 90% of the air balls United could not contain him .His set up for the first goal was heroic and then Ballack had the audacity to argue with him about the free kick.Always liked Ballack but he showed his immaturity on that issue. Two incredible goal line saves especially the one from Schevchenko , i thought that was in all the way,best thing he's done since signing for Chelsea.

Make no mistake about it ,Sir alex had Ronaldo on the bench because of his performance or lack of against Barca.If He would have played him from the start in this game Ronaldo would have been shut down as usual , and he will probably start to loose confidence .

In reply to Roonaldo's post.
You are correct Ronaldo will win the award ,but that doesn't mean anything to me whatsoever. We all have our own ideas of what makes a great player ,and mine is as simple as performing consistently in the biggest games.Ronaldo getting the award,especially after for the last few games i have predicted he wouldn't be as effective ,is only a sign of the lack of sophistication in those choosing who wins it. Ronaldo will win it but only a complete moron would think that his supporting cast had nothing to do with it.At the He came on as a sub had a few touches to start and one shot at the end but he again was very quiet 95% of the time he was on the field.
At the end of the day He's the top scorer for a team at the top of the table ,so it makes him an easy choice if you don't want to get a million questions from the casual fan as to why he didn't win it.

You really do sound like an idiot sometimes. Not saying you are but if you really beelieve all you post i might consider it

He rested Ronaldo because he is his best player, THE best player in the world right now and he wants him fresh for the second leg of the CL final which is the more important game given Man U could lose this and still win the title.

It's funny that a game between the top 2 teams are settled by 3 defensive mistakes :
1 by Fletcher, 1 by Carvalho and 1 by Carrick.
I was a bit surprise Chelsea used nearly only the central penetration area and rarely the wing and that United did leave space for them in that area
Also the long ball game used a lot of time as well which is sad considering the amount of taleneted ball players available on both sides.

Great second half to a match I didn't expect to be half as good as it was - I don't think United can complain too much overall, they didn't turn up in the first half and Chelsea did well to respond to their pressure.

Really annoying to see the Chelsea players surrounding the ref as someone mentioned, but United did also.
That needs to be stamped out.

Chelsea ground staff and Manchester United players were involved in a bizarre fracas on the pitch in an almost deserted Stamford Bridge stadium after Saturday's Premier League match between the two teams.


None of the United players who played in the match were involved but players Patrice Evra, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Gerard Pique and John O'Shea were all warming down when an argument began with the ground staff tending the pitch.


Stewards quickly moved in to separate those involved but after the situation quietened down the row flared up again, although no punches were thrown.

The incident came a few minutes after Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-1 to pull level with United at the top of the table

haha one of the stewards would have had a dig

I really thought Man Utd would win it, but Chelsea deserved their victory.

Essien will be back for the CL game against Liverpool and he played really well today. We really should have taken advantage of his absence in the last CL game.

After this match what do you predict for the CL matchs ?

I'll go for a win for Manchester and Liverpool both qualified.

RC_Lens, sorry to go off topic for a second but I think there's a Partick Thistle kit you may like in the kit section mate...

That is a huge boost for them, one of the best midfielders in the game.

Yes he really was quite something today. Chelsea still haven't lost at the Bridge. They're definitely the favourites to progress, although I won't write off Liverpool's chances. More than happy to have Liverpool draw 1-1 at the Bridge and having the match go to penalties.

That Ballack and Drogba squabble was really funny too. Except that it won't be that important anymore. I think the media would have jumped on it if Chelsea didn't leave with a victory here.

Yea then they are hugging after the goal!

Got to see most of this match and glad I did. Well deserved Chelsea.

Did you notice how John Terry had a personality transplant and was seen to be pulling his players back away from the referee? I'm sure it had nothing to do with Capello saying his captain must be a model professional on and off the pitch...

I actually found myself wanting United to win at one point, such are the [beeps!] at Chelsea.

The lesser of two evils perhaps?

As a neutral I thought it was a really entertaining game to watch full of incident....

I didn't know Man Utd hadn't had a penalty awarded against them untill this afternoons game
but thats not surprising to find out when referees are scared to even award a free kick for
a foul or hand out a yellow card to a Man Utd player for fear of being lynched by a screaming mob.

I just heard Ferguson on Talk Sport claim he won't be surprised if Chelsea win a penalty at Newcastle...
Thats a bit rich considering away teams are never awarded penalties at Old Trafford even blatant ones.

I wonder why Ferguson always bottles out of the post match interviews with sky when his team loses
and sends out carlos querioz who never makes any sense and chose to blame the ref for the defeat!!

If Man Utd think they will pick up 3 easy points in their next game against West Ham they better think
again as even if we are down and out injury wise I hope we won't just lay day down without a fight.....

Thats my thoughts for the day and just my opinions and may return later to write about Chelsea next!