MANCHESTER UNITED climbed above Chelsea in the Champions League outright betting for the first time this season after an excellent objective from Wayne Rooney helped them to secure a 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night.
Rooney was under pressure after his antics at Upton Park on Saturday however he answered his critics within the 24th-minute by applying a cool side-foot end to a panoramic United transfer orchestrated by Ryan Giggs.
And the end result prompted a dramatic re-think by the layers, who eased the Blues from 6-1 to 10-1 for Champions League glory and minimize United from 7-1 to 9-2.
Rooney’s objective was simply reward for an enterprising strategy from the visitors who went into the sport with an attack-minded four-four-2 formation.
Chelsea went near levelling the tie on a couple of events - Frank Lampard had a close-vary shot hooked off the line by United’s Patrice Evra on the finish of the first half and Fernando Torres’s 74th-minute header was acrobatically palmed away by Edwin van der Sar.
And there was big controversy in damage-time when Ramires appeared to be felled in the box by a desperate lunge from Evra.
But on the stability of play it was a good consequence and leaves Chelsea facing a monumental activity at Old Trafford next Tuesday.
Bet365 have chalked United up at 1-three to succeed in the final four, whereas Chelsea are 9-four to advance.
Sir Alex Ferguson will have to juggle his assets in the run-as much as Easter, with United facing Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup clashes over the subsequent ten days but he's nonetheless on course to achieve the second trophy treble of his United career.
Bet365 have cut their odds on a United treble to 10-1.
Barcelona are effectively on target to achieve the semi-finals for the fourth successive season after finishing a convincing 5-1 victory at residence to Shakhtar Donetsk.
Andres Iniesta, Dani Alves, Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique and Xavi were on target for the Catalans, who have been reduce to eleven-10 to carry the trophy.
Yaroslav Rakitskiy gave the Ukrainians an away aim to cling on to but they are as huge as 500-1 to carry the trophy for the primary time of their history.
Celtic leapfrogged Rangers at the high of the SPL after completing a snug 3-1 victory at house to mid-table Hibernian.
An Anthony Stokes strike and a double from Gary Hooper did the enterprise for the Bhoys, who have been cut to 8-15 to finish high of the pile.
Rangers have been eased to 6-four to defend their crown.
Elsewhere, St Mirren eased their relegation worries with a 3-2 victory at dwelling to Aberdeen and Motherwell triumphed 2-1 at dwelling to Dundee United.
Gareth Bale signed a new four-and-a-half-12 months contract with Tottenham less than three weeks ago but his future has been referred to as into query after his facet’s Champions League fate was effectively determined by Tuesday evening’s four-zero mauling on the Bernabeu.
The Welshman gained large reward for his performances within the group levels, however he reduce a forlorn figure as ten-man Spurs had been taught a lesson by a star-studded Actual Madrid team.
In the build-as much as the match Bale admitted that he would not be fazed bythe prospect of transferring abroad however Bet365 reckon he could stay put for at the very least one other season and quote 1-2 that he's wearing Tottenham colours firstly of the subsequent Premier season and 6-four that he has moved elsewhere.
Tottenham will be determined to bounce back with a postitive outcome at home to Stoke on Saturday, however they have been eased from 8-eleven to four-5 to take the points.
Rooney was under pressure after his antics at Upton Park on Saturday however he answered his critics within the 24th-minute by applying a cool side-foot end to a panoramic United transfer orchestrated by Ryan Giggs.
And the end result prompted a dramatic re-think by the layers, who eased the Blues from 6-1 to 10-1 for Champions League glory and minimize United from 7-1 to 9-2.
Rooney’s objective was simply reward for an enterprising strategy from the visitors who went into the sport with an attack-minded four-four-2 formation.
Chelsea went near levelling the tie on a couple of events - Frank Lampard had a close-vary shot hooked off the line by United’s Patrice Evra on the finish of the first half and Fernando Torres’s 74th-minute header was acrobatically palmed away by Edwin van der Sar.
And there was big controversy in damage-time when Ramires appeared to be felled in the box by a desperate lunge from Evra.
But on the stability of play it was a good consequence and leaves Chelsea facing a monumental activity at Old Trafford next Tuesday.
Bet365 have chalked United up at 1-three to succeed in the final four, whereas Chelsea are 9-four to advance.
Sir Alex Ferguson will have to juggle his assets in the run-as much as Easter, with United facing Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup clashes over the subsequent ten days but he's nonetheless on course to achieve the second trophy treble of his United career.
Bet365 have cut their odds on a United treble to 10-1.
Barcelona are effectively on target to achieve the semi-finals for the fourth successive season after finishing a convincing 5-1 victory at residence to Shakhtar Donetsk.
Andres Iniesta, Dani Alves, Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique and Xavi were on target for the Catalans, who have been reduce to eleven-10 to carry the trophy.
Yaroslav Rakitskiy gave the Ukrainians an away aim to cling on to but they are as huge as 500-1 to carry the trophy for the primary time of their history.
Celtic leapfrogged Rangers at the high of the SPL after completing a snug 3-1 victory at house to mid-table Hibernian.
An Anthony Stokes strike and a double from Gary Hooper did the enterprise for the Bhoys, who have been cut to 8-15 to finish high of the pile.
Rangers have been eased to 6-four to defend their crown.
Elsewhere, St Mirren eased their relegation worries with a 3-2 victory at dwelling to Aberdeen and Motherwell triumphed 2-1 at dwelling to Dundee United.
Gareth Bale signed a new four-and-a-half-12 months contract with Tottenham less than three weeks ago but his future has been referred to as into query after his facet’s Champions League fate was effectively determined by Tuesday evening’s four-zero mauling on the Bernabeu.
The Welshman gained large reward for his performances within the group levels, however he reduce a forlorn figure as ten-man Spurs had been taught a lesson by a star-studded Actual Madrid team.
In the build-as much as the match Bale admitted that he would not be fazed bythe prospect of transferring abroad however Bet365 reckon he could stay put for at the very least one other season and quote 1-2 that he's wearing Tottenham colours firstly of the subsequent Premier season and 6-four that he has moved elsewhere.
Tottenham will be determined to bounce back with a postitive outcome at home to Stoke on Saturday, however they have been eased from 8-eleven to four-5 to take the points.
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