London, England.
Frank Lampard back in the second half against Manchester United from the penalty spot on the day Tuesday, securing a 2-1 win from Manchester United. Lampard found the net in the 80th minute after Yuri Zhirkov is tripped by defender Chris Smalling.
Make sure that Chelsea will climb to fourth place in the standings, 12 points behind leaders States but with a game in hand. "We are still a lot of points behind, but all we could do was win game, "said Lampard." United should top the league, but we still have some war on us and we showed tonight. " United manager Alex Ferguson chose unchanged side for the first time in 165 matches
. But he was lucky to have England striker Rooney is available after the escape from punishment for elbowing opponent in an off-ball incident in Saturday's match at Wigan.
This is the first time Rooney scored in three straight league matches since February and March mantra range last year. While Rooney has overcome recent adversity, Fernando Torres is still waiting his first goal since moving from Liverpool in January of 50 million pounds (then $ 81,000,000). Playing for Liverpool against United, the Spanish striker scored three times in four last game but he never troubled goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar on the day Tuesday.
But Torres was defeated by Luiz, defender 20 million pounds which was also joined on the day boundary transfer time in January. From Branislav Ivanovic headed flick-on, Luiz firing the ball bounced into the bottom corner of the net. "I think the three big front, Fernando Torres movement 'is top class," said Lampard.
Ivanovic to score before halftime, but Van der Sar knocked the ball in fight goalmouth after initially fumbled a free kick Lampard.
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