No Place Like Home

Manchester United 2 - Chelsea 1
Scorers
Manchester United: Hernandez (1), Vidic (23)
Chelsea: Lampard (68)

Team: Van der Sar, Rio, Vidic, O'Shea (Evans 46), Fabio (Smalling 88), Carrick, Giggs, Park, Valencia, Rooney, Hernandez

Champions elect! Surely there can be no way we can fuck this one up even if we tried. 6 points clear and only 6 left to play for, it's going to take a herculean effort just to screw this one up, especially when our next two opponents are Blackburn and Blackpool, both fighting to stay alive in the Premiership.

The day started on a brilliant note. Hernandez was on hand to blaze thru to Park's pass in the opening seconds of the game and he made sure of an early lead, setting the stage alight with an exciting performance by the home team.

It was mostly United right from kick off. Chelsea never really had their engine going and were picked off in midfield by the ever-green Giggs and the ever industrious Park. It wasn't long before we got our second.

Vidic was left unmarked for a Giggs' corner and he grabbed the invitation to head United two up with barely half an hour gone. The title looked firmly in our grasp and Chelsea were left with the impossible to deal.

Despite playing well, we allowed Chelsea to pull one back with Lampard poking home at close range, but the game was mostly well dominated by us. We had the monopoly of chances. Rooney and Hernandez squandered most of the shots which would have made the scoreline more reflective of the wonderful performance we put in on the day.

Next week we travel to Ewood Park to face Blackburn. A point would see the title come to Old Trafford and a 19th overall title. More importantly, it means we leapfrog those no-good scousers.