Manchester United tie Blackburn (1-1)
Hopes for the League Title are still alive for Chelsea as Manchester United tied Blackburn. Roque Santa Cruz scored for Blackburn in the 21st minute; Carlos Tevez scored in the 88th minute to tie it up. Without Tevez’s late equalizer United could have been in serious trouble ahead of their game with Chelsea. They would have been only 2 points ahead of Chelsea who might have gained the lead in points if they had hypothetically won their game against United. United were clearly not playing creatively in this game with chances on both sides throughout the game. Ronaldo almost tied the score in the 64th minute with a shot that beat Friedel but came off the post.
As Chelsea prepares to play United next weekend (April 26th) they go in knowing that if they beat United they could win the League Title. The pressure only increases on United players; the tie with Blackburn brings the points for United to 81 and Chelsea to 78. If Chelsea win the game against United next weekend they could tie up the score. The only problem is that United has a higher goal differential than Chelsea (goal differential settles ties with the team with the highest goal differential coming ahead; it is based on the sum of the number of goals scored against your team (negative) with the number of goals scored against other teams (positive)). Chelsea currently has +36 to Manchester United’s +54. As a result, if Chelsea does win next weekends game, and the following games, they will have to hope that United will tie or lose one of their last 2 games: West Ham at Old Trafford or Wigan at JJB Stadium.
manchester united will choke
the chance that chelsea win every game from now on, including their game against man utd, and that utd lose or tie another game is slim, but posssible