NILIKUWEPO ENZI HIZO: CHELSEA FC 5 - 0 MAN UTD.
Chelsea De Goey, Ferrer, Leboeuf, Hogh, Babyaro, Petrescu, Wise, Deschamps, Poyet, Zola, Sutton
Man Utd Taibi, Irwin, Berg, Stam, Silvestre, Neville P, Beckham, Butt, Scholes, Cole, Yorke
1 min United kick off. GOAL Chelsea 1-0 Man Utd Poyet scores after 28 seconds. Taibi comes off his line for a ball into the box and misses his punch. Poyet gets in front of Irwin and Taibi and heads the ball easily into the net.
4 United seem unconcerned, passing the ball around the midfield.
5 Zola breaks into the United penalty box on the left and passes into the box for Sutton, who is unable to do anything other than tap it dead under pressure from Stam.
7 Scholes brings down Wise, Neville goes into the back of Zola. A combative start from both sides
8 Silvestre plays aball down the left, but there's nobody to collect it and it goes dead.
10 Deschamps plays a diagonal ball into the left for Poyet, who is unable to control it with his chest.
11 Petrescu makes a dart into the United box, only to be tackled by Stam
13 Chelsea's first corner taken by Wise. Yorke makes a good defensive header, which falls to Deschamps, and who fires over the bar from 25 yards.
16 GOAL Chelsea 2-0 Man Utd Sutton gets his first goal for Chelsea since his £10 million transfer. A free kick in the centre circle is played to Ferrer on the right of midfield. With plenty of space he moves forward and plays a diagonal ball into the box. Sutton gets in front of Stam and heads the ball into the net over Taibi's leap. Cries of "about time" are heard from the Chelsea faithful.
20 Another Chelsea free kick on the left. The ball goes infield, but Sutton's shot is high and wide.
21 Chelsea free kick goes straight to Taibi.
22 It all goes off. Butt challenges for a 50-50 ball with Wise. Wise's dangerously high feet catch Butt. As Butt gingerly gets up he knees Wise in the midriff, who goes down like a wounded taxi driver. Butt is shown the red card, and looks ready to kill as Beckham pulls him away. Wise gets a yellow, and all 22 players indulge in a bit of argy-bargy.
24 The ball goes with Silvestre on the left, who plays it square for Scholes. His shot forces the first save from De Goey.
27 Chelsea are looking comfortable passing the ball about, but the players are all on edge, as Scholes and Sutton push each other around.
31 Ferrer, with plenty of time and space on the right of midfield, moves up to the edge of United's box, and plays another ball in for Sutton, who this this time heads over. Almost an exact duplicate of the second goal.
34 United don't look entirely comfortable in posession, and are losing the ball too easily. Chelsea meanwhile are passing the ball around with almost nonchalantly, the extra man already in evidence. Zola has a shot from 25 yards which is deflected and balloons into Taibi's arms.
35 Deschamps finds Sutton free breaking into the box, but he unable to do anything with his first touch.
37 United can't penetrate the Chelsea defence and lose the ball. Petrescu moves forward and crosses into the box for Sutton, but is intercepted by Taibi.
39 Another Chelsea corner by Wise is headed away by Yorke
40 A ball from the left by Neville for Scholes is intercepted by the Chelsea defence, the ball falling down and rolling out of Cole's reach.
42 After an error by Silvestre, United lose posession and Chelsea just pass the ball around, taking their time and controlling the tempo of the game.
43 The ball goes loose from Stam, and Zola lets fly with a shot from the left of the box that goes high and wide.
45 Chelsea are just playing the ball about, retaining posession until the half-time whistle. The half-time stats show seven shots on goal for Chelsea, just one for United.
46 Chelsea kick off. They keep posession and pass back to De Goey, whose match has been very quiet so far.
47 Deschamps goes for a header in midfield, leading with his arm. This goes straight into Yorke's face, and the "watercarrier" is booked.
48 A poor throw from De Goey falls to Scholes who is tackled on the edge of the box.
49 United posession on the left and Neville crosses the ball over Yorke and Cole. Beckham (being booed constantly - and predictably - by the Chelsea fans) crosses the ball back, but again it goes over the attacking duo, and Chelsea clear.
51 United are looking more purposeful, and are retaining the ball as the game starts to get stretched in midfield.
53 Scholes is booked for going in two-footed on Petrescu. He smiles ruefully.
54 GOAL Chelsea 3-0 Man Utd The free kick is played into the United box. Babayaro has plenty of time and space and moves toward the goal. Leboeuf comes outside him and takes a crack which Taibi can only palm away onto the feet of Poyet, following up. He smashes it onto the underside of the bar and in.
56 GOAL Chelsea 4-0 Man Utd Game over. United lose the ball on the edge of the box. It falls to Zola, who darts into the box on the right, and crosses it for Sutton. Before he gets to it, Berg slides in and pushes it past Taibi into the goal. What a fine week he's had - an assist for Bakayoko in midweek and now an own goal.
61 Chelsea are keeping posession, the ball not going out of play to allow waiting United subs on.
64 Chelsea/Man Utd substitutions A stoppage at last, after over five minutes. Jody Morris comes on for Wise. United make a triple substitution - Beckham, Scholes and Cole come off: Sheringham, Solskjaer and Mark Wilson come on.
65 The ball is flicked on in midfield to Petrescu. He strides on, and as he reaches the box, Stam challenges, so he dinks a lovely ball towards the goal, which Taibi is at full stretch to tip onto the bar.
68 Chelsea substitution Flo comes on for Zola.
70 The ball falls to Yorke on the right. He moves to the byline and crosses into the six yard box. Unfortunately, there are no United players there to meet it.
72 The ball comes to Petrescu just outside the "D". He takes a few steps and attempts to chip the goalie again. Taibi, unusually for an Italian keeper, catches the ball.
74 Morris clatters Solskjaer in midfield and United have a free kick. The ball goes down the right, but the Chelsea defence clear comfortably again.
75 Chelsea have a corner as the ball brushes off Stam under Sutton's challenge. No advantage is taken.
77 Chelsea substitution Le Saux comes on for Petrescu
78 Yorke collects the ball deep in his own half, with only Stam and Berg goalside of him. That says it all for United when their centre forward has to come that deep for the ball.
81 GOAL Chelsea 5-0 Man Utd Chelsea have a throw-in on the left. le Saux throws it to Flo, who passes it back. Le Saux plays a neat low ball into the United box, which is met by Jody Morris. He swings his right boot and buries the ball under Taibi. Cracking goal
84 Camera shots of the managers show Vialli deep in concentration, and Ferguson with a face like thunder.
88 The ball is played about midfield scrappily by United, and when it does go near the Chelsea box, the defence hoof it away with alacrity.
90 The game fizzles out, and the Sky cameras are more interested in shots of Chelsea's sunblinded chairman Ken Bates, and a smug-looking Graham Rix. The whistle goes and Manchester United's unbeaten run comes to an end, as does their leadership of the Premiership.
