Chelsea continued their awakening under their new manager Graham Potter with a fifth successive win at home and on the continent since beating Aston Villa 2-0 on Sunday in the 11th round of the English Premier League.
And after starting his career as successor to Germany’s Thomas Tuchel with a 1-1 Champions League draw against Austria’s Red Bull Salzburg, Potter resurrected the London side from his second match and came on Sunday for a fifth win. in a row, including two in the main continental tournament over Milan 3-0 at Stamford Bridge, then 2-0 away.
Chelsea owed their sixth win of the season and cemented their fourth position with 19 points, four points behind their neighbors Tottenham, who beat Everton 2-0 on their third Saturday, to Mason Mount who scored two goal.
Manchester United were ambushed by Newcastle
After three wins in a row, including two wins over Cypriot Omonia in the Europa League tournament, Manchester United will once again draw at home against Newcastle without goals, trailing in fifth place, three points behind Chelsea and leading, in particular, Newcastle by one point. .
United were the best side in the first half with Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Brazilian Casemiro but the most dangerous opportunity was for Newcastle who got lucky when the Brazilian Hollinton headed off the crossbar and then the ball came back to him and he followed him head to find the way to the right post, this time in the 24th minute.
Manchester United’s errors came ahead of two ordeals against Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday and Chelsea on Saturday.
Source: agencies