In the 41st minute however, Manchester United drew

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their first blood whenever Wayne Rooney's cross from your right flank was neatly converted by Valencia in the yawning net. The defending champions thereafter tried all put on to equalize before half time but the Reds refused to yield for their pressure.

On resumption from the second half, Ji Sung Area was replaced with Nani. Berbatov lost a chance to increase the goal tally inside the 53rd minute. Carlo Ancelotti's boys got a large part kick in the 53rd minute but

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no anxious moment seemed to be produced.

Chris Smalling replaced Fabio from the 70th minute. In the actual 76th minute, Chicharito increased the target tally to 2 once connecting Valencia's right flank pull-out with his body into Chelsea's world wide web. The Blues fought back

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gallantly, missing several begging opportunities along the way.

Yossi Benayoun came set for Florent Malouda in that 73rd minute, while Ashley Cole had been replaced with Yury Zhirkov from the 79th minute. Daniel Sturridge's 18 garden shot was pushed directly into safety by Edwin Van Der Sar from the 82nd minute. Sir Alex Ferguson's

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boys yielded to pressure from the 83rd minute, allowing Salomon Kalou for you to pull one back.

The 85th minute found Didier Drogba's shot hitting along side it of the net. Even so, Berbatov sealed victory to the Reds when he lobbied the ball covering the onrushing Chelsea goal keeper inside the 2nd minute of

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the three minutes put in time.