Tacticians draw a blank
David Moyes will step out in front of Manchester United fans in front of their home (Old Trafford) but Moyes won't get an easy win as he faces new Chelsea boss the special one Jose Mourinho. Mourinho has tried to played mind games all week but will that be enough. Manchester United are without Rafael as Luis Nani and Javier Hernandez are still not ready for the new season. Manchester United starts Wayne Rooney which maybe a statement to Chelsea who are trying to sign him. Van Persie starts and surprisingly Ashley Young on bench. For Chelsea they have no David Luiz as he is still suffering with a hamstring problem also Juan Mata after much speculation about his future Kevin De Bruyne plays in one of the biggest games of his career and also Mourinho makes a statement leaving recognised strikers Romelu Lukaku, Fernando Torres and Demba Ba on the bench as the special one starts Andre Schurrle. Moyes walks out to a great reception as a banner on the side said 'The Chosen one' an he get the win for Manchester United.
9 minutes into the match when a header from Rio Ferdinand found De Bruyne on the right wing with space. The young Belgian got his cross into the box as Manchester United looked edger to get the ball away as a poor backwards clearance gave the ball to Oscar just inside the box but his shy had been straight at David De Gea.
Half way through the first half when Manchester United had been playing well as the ball had been given to Van Persie on the edge of the box as he held the ball in front of the Chelsea centre backs. Van Persie had run towards the left hand side with Danny Welbeck behind him as the Flying Dutchman turned and smashed the ball into the side netting.
38 minutes into the match when Phil Jones had gone past Eden Hazard on the right hand side and got to the byline and had drilled a ball into the box but the Chelsea defence again cleared but the ball had only gone out to Tom Cleverly who had time as he lent back and hit the ball over Peter Cech's goal.
At half time and the game is very open even though Manchester United have dominated possession. Oscar has played well for Chelsea as Hazard has been fairly quiet.Manchester United's Wayne Rooney is making all the headlines as his performance is a fantastic one at that truly showing Man United what they miss or showing Chelsea won't they want?but at Half time the score is still 0-0
5 minutes after the restart when Oscar on the right hand side gave the ball into Hazard with space in front of him and the £32m Belgian failed with his attempt as the ball had gone straight into the hands of Spaniard De Gea.
55 minutes in when Michael Carrick picked out Evra very well as te Frenchman looked to drive into the Chelsea defence. Evra had poked the ball away from Schurrle to Rooney. Rooney moved away from the challenge and was just outside the box as John Terry slipped ad Rooney found Welbeck but he had scooped the ball over.
3 minutes later when Schurrle shot had been blocked on the edge of the box and rolled out to about 30 yards where it found England centre back Gary Cahill but his shot had been held very well by David De
76 minutes into the match when a long ball found Rooney who had touched the ball down with Van Persie and Welbeck around him. Rooney had given the ball into the Welbeck. Danny had given the ball straight back to Rooney and from 35 yards out Rooney had let fly. He's shot had aimed for the bottom left hand corner as Peter Cech dived to the left to push the ball out for a corner.
At full time as the score ends 0-0 a game that was full of chances but no end product. Rooney played well and so did both defences as they were very solid. Their was some penalty claims but all were turned down. After the game Jose Mourinho admitted his team made mistakes and believed his team were not in control. David Moyes admitted that his team wanted to win the game.