Ex-Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan has stated that Manchester United was lucky in their 4-0 win over fierce rivals Chelsea on the opening day of the Premier League season this Sunday.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United team took the lead in the first period when young English striker Marcus Rashford earned and converted his penalty against the run of play at Old Trafford. But the visitors looked quite comfortable and precise with their attacking moves and were rather unfortunate not to find the back of the net as they hit the woodwork on two occasions.
Chelsea did make a few mistakes in the second half as they were chasing the games and three goals in a space of 14 second-half minutes put the game beyond the West London side and Frank Lampard’s start in the Premier League ended in a harsh defeat.
However, former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan has admitted that Manchester United was lucky and the game outlined Chelsea’s mistakes rather than Solskjaer’s team dominating the whole ninety minutes.
The 51-year-old Englishman spoke to talkSPORT and said that United need to improve and not believe that the performance against Chelsea was the benchmark, “I look at Man United and United fans will say ‘well what do you want’ – [but] I think they’ve got very lucky today, I think Chelsea deserved to be in this game. [Chelsea have] somehow or another contrived to be the architects of their own downfall and then capitulated. That will, and should, slightly unnerve Frank Lampard.”
