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Chelsea miraculously come back
Terry kisses badge after scoring the winner.
Man Utd pressed forward straight away with a Scholes-Rooney duet attack. They looked to get Chelsea on the back foot from minute one but their efforts were parried away for a corner by Petr Cech.
A few minutes later and it was Man Utd attacking again. Giggs was the architect this time around playing it inside to a ferocious Paul Scholes. Cech once again made a fabulous save to stop them from going one up.
More minutes passed and it was the same story. Utd were pressing forward with sheer venom but were unable to finish it off. A free-kick came curling in to the box from Ryan Giggs and as the ball scrambled around, Carvalho put himself forward and lunged the ball away.
Man Utd did take the lead however and it was a Patrice Evra finish that put them one ahead. A free-kick from Giggs was blocked by the wall only to have Giggs follow up the chance with a clear pass through to Evra in the box. Evra was left unmarked and he finished the ball marvelously in the bottom right hand corner.
After half an hour of play, Chelsea finally had a chance. Michael Essien won the ball in the centre of midfield and played it on to Tommaso Rocchi. Rocchi played it wonderfully through to Drogba who rocketed the ball sky wide.
However this attack was followed by another minutes later. Some majestical passing and moving football led to Didier Drogba playing the ball through to Tommaso Rocchi but Rocchi's shot went over the bar.
Ryan Giggs won himself and Man Utd a great chance to double their lead just before the half time break. Utd won a free-kick outside the Chelsea box and Giggs tried his luck but was denied by Petr Cech's marvellous instincts.
The half time whistle blew and Trevor Jackson's side was in disarray. They looked totally confused and had no idea what they were doing. Could Jackson's words of wisdom lift them to come back?
Fifteen minutes into the second half, Chelsea broke free from the midfield prison with a Frank Lampard gallop. Lampard played it on to Rocchi who got through into the box but had his shot flown over the bar by Van der Sar.
Somehow though, Chelsea managed to level the scoreline. Didier Drogba magically controlled a long ball and played it into the middle to Andry Shevchenko. Shevchenko tried his luck from twenty yards and suceeded with the help of a deflection sending the keeper the wrong way and bringing Chelsea back.
Suddenly Chelsea had a new life. In the eighty third minute they had a corner with Ricardo Quaresma. Quaresma's corner was blocked but he picked the ball up again and pummeled into along the ground into the box in hope of it hitting someone. John Terry, like a prime forward, managed to place the ball into the bottom corner and into the back of the net. The Chelsea fans were ecstatic as Terry ran to the corner flag with his team mates and kissed his badge with pride.
The referee blew the final whistle and there was a pandemonium in the stands, all you could see was blue, whether it was the Chelsea fans or the Utd fans in agony. Chelsea managed to stun everyone by miraculously coming back to win the game.