Chelsea 2 Manchester Utd 1

And it was at Old Trafford! The last we won at OT was during the 04/05 season, when we won the league title.

It was the first time I'd watched a BPL match here in Oz, it's great that they have FoxSports here at IH. The TV room was full of Asians (the Koreans are all Utd fans because of Park Ji-Sung lol!); evidently the BPL football-crazy spirit is still strong here even away from our ESPN and StarSports.

Chelsea dominated possession from the offset, putting together some slick moves and running circles around an elderly United midfield jaded from their midweek exertions against Bayern. God knows why SAF chose Giggs and Scholes over Carrick and Gibson; their midfield age was even older than ours! But hey, I'm not complaining. The goal which had been threatening to come arrived in the 19th minute, when a sublime Joe Cole backheel outfoxed VDS and rolled into the far corner. 1-0 Chelsea.

However, in the second half we had to put up with some intense pressure as United began to threaten. Paolo Ferreira spurned a glorious opportunity early on to put the game to bed when one on one with VDS but his shot was just wide of the far post. There were a few hairy moments, especially when SAF brought on Macheda and Nani to inject some pace into the Utd midfield but some inspired and dogged defending rescued Cech. However, Ancelotti responded by bringing on Kalou and Drogba which turned out to be an inspired substitution. Within 11 minutes of his arrival, Kalou set Drogba up from about 10 yards off and our top hitman fired a bullet into the top near corner of the goal. 2-0 Chelsea with about 12 minutes to go, game over. However, even I admit that the goal should not have stood as the Drog was clearly at least a yard offside. SAF was understandably furious though.

But 2 minutes later, justice was served when Macheda bundled the ball into the net with his hand, and the goal stood eventhough it was clearly handball. Another boo-boo by the officials. 10 minutes to go, 2-1 Chelsea game on. Were we up for a grandstand finish? Utd bombarded our goal with shots (many of them wayward though) but we stood firm. Berbatov had a fantastic chance to equalise in stoppage time but Cech made a good save to make sure it was a triumphant return to west London.

Chelsea replaced United at the summit of the BPL with a 2 point cushion; with only 5 games to go. It's our title to lose now and that's the way we want it.