LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Javier Hernandez came off
the bench to grab a controversial 3-2 victory for Manchester United at
Premier League leaders Chelsea after the previously unbeaten hosts had
been reduced to nine men in a tempestuous clash on Sunday.
The Mexican goal-poacher, looking suspiciously offside,
tucked in the winner in the 75th minute to kill off a vibrant Chelsea
side who had battled back from 2-0 down before having Branislav Ivanovic
and Fernando Torres sent off by referee Mark Clattenburg in the final
half an hour.
Torres's dismissal, for diving, led to a furious
touchline row between Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo and his United
counterpart Alex Ferguson who later said the Spaniard had deserved to go
despite replays suggesting he was fouled.
Clattenburg was later the subject of a complaint by Chelsea over "inappropriate language" towards two players.
A David Luiz own goal gave United the lead after four
minutes and Robin van Persie fired the visitors 2-0 ahead soon after
with his seventh league goal of the season.
Chelsea roared back with Juan Mata's free kick and a
Ramires header either side of the interval and United were on the ropes
until Serbian right back Ivanovic was sent off just past the hour mark
for bringing down Ashley Young.
Worse followed for Chelsea five minutes later when
Torres tumbled on the edge of the area after apparent contact by Jonny
Evans and was shown a second yellow card.
With the home crowd howling its disapproval and tempers
fraying on the touchline, Hernandez - on as a substitute for Tom
Cleverley - tapped in Rafael's fierce cross while standing almost on the
goalline.
United's first win at Chelsea for 10 years lifted them
back above neighbours Manchester City into second place on goal
difference with 21 points, one point behind Chelsea who had ample reason
to feel hard done by.
"We must be disappointed that key decisions were wrong," Di Matteo told reporters.
"At 2-2 we looked like the team that was going to win
the game. It was a good game between good teams and the official ruined
it. Key decisions have to be right and you don't want the referees to
have such a big influence."
Torres, not surprisingly, got little sympathy from
Ferguson although the Scot acknowledged his side had enjoyed some luck.
"The decision the referee has to make is whether the
striker has chosen to go down," he told Sky Sports. "He was through on
goal - I don't know why he has gone down.
"I think it's his own fault. We've never got breaks
down here and had some terrible decisions against us in the last few
years. But today we have got a little break for the goal - Chicharito
may have been offside."
Earlier the Merseyside derby also proved a typically
feisty affair as Everton recovered from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with
Liverpool at Goodison Park.
WRONGLY RULED OUT
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was in the thick of the
action as his shot was turned into his own net by Leighton Baines after
14 minutes.
The Uruguayan celebrated with a theatrical dive in
front of Everton boss David Moyes, who had been critical of Suarez's
habit of going to ground in the build-up to the game.
Suarez headed Liverpool's second after 20 minutes but
Everton recovered before halftime with goals by Leon Osman and Steven
Naismith earning them a deserved draw.
However, Liverpool's South American had a very late effort wrongly ruled out for offside.
Moyes had no sympathy for Suarez and was angry that he
trod on the leg of Everton defender Sylvain Distin in the second half.
He liked the joke dive, though.
"I thought it was great, I would probably have done the
same, but he is going to have to dive in front of a lot of managers
now," Moyes said. "He was a very lucky man to stay on the park because
of his tackle."
Everton fell out of the top four after Tottenham
Hotspur beat struggling Southampton 2-1 away with Gareth Bale on the
scoresheet against his old club. Newcastle United beat West Bromwich
Albion 2-1.
EQUALLY DRAMATIC
Chelsea and United drew 3-3 at Stamford Bridge last
season in the Premier League and the latest chapter in their rivalry
proved to be another classic encounter.
United, who meet Chelsea again this week in the League
Cup, made a blistering start as they went 2-0 ahead after 12 minutes.
Chelsea were guilty of giving away possession and when
Wayne Rooney cut a pass back for Van Persie, the Dutchman's shot
cannoned off the bar and ricocheted off Luiz into the net.
The early blow disrupted Chelsea's composure and they fell further behind to a devastating United counter-attack.
Antonio Valencia made ground down the right and his
cross was perfect for Van Persie to fire past Petr Cech with Chelsea's
defence all at sea.
Chelsea, again playing with Oscar, Eden Hazard and Juan
Mata in an attacking formation behind Torres, cleared their heads and a
minute before halftime Mata curled an unstoppable free kick past David
de Gea to give them hope.
They were level after 53 minutes when Ramires climbed to head in Oscar's dinked cross in a crowded area.
The game seemed to have swung Chelsea's way but
Ivanovic was dismissed for an inadvertent trip on Young and a few
minutes later Torres tumbled as he raced through but, to his horror, got
up to see a red card being waved at him.
Hernandez then rubbed salt into Chelsea's wounds,
leaving the home crowd chanting "3-2 to the referee". (Reporting by
Martyn Herman, editing by Mark Meadows)
P/s: Man United ibarat Sukan Politik yang kebal..sesiapa yang menentang MU,..hanya sia2..kerana pengadil semua geng2 Sir Alex Ferguson....wakakakakaka..

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