#BVGoldenGoal: How Twitter Reacted to Chelsea v Manchester United
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This week’s #BVGoldenGoal match featured Chelsea v Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. This is the second time the sides have met in our weekly competition as the two collided in the inaugural Golden Goal contest last year. That match finished 4-0 to Chelsea and meant the prize pool rolled over to the next week – would this have any bearing on this week’s game?
https://twitter.com/fcchelseaturkey/status/927118582550532096
What were people predicting this week?
As we approached kick-off, Romelu Lukaku was the most popular pick with just over 22d scored just one goal on the road against their five biggest rivals last season. With that in mind – Chelsea 1-0 accounted for 11.26{2145621b26fc9aaf9f712205cef9de9b6b89ae8741f566ab7f58c50f0e39ac2a} of predictions and 2-0 represented 7.11{2145621b26fc9aaf9f712205cef9de9b6b89ae8741f566ab7f58c50f0e39ac2a} – would Chelsea v Manchester United have a similar fate?
The Match
Chelsea started the brighter of the two sides and the ball was in the net after only 7 minutes. Backers of ‘Any Own-Goal’ (1.74{2145621b26fc9aaf9f712205cef9de9b6b89ae8741f566ab7f58c50f0e39ac2a}) would have thought they had struck gold after Phil Jones diverted the ball into the net – only for it to be chopped off due to a foul from Alvaro Morata.
Jones puts through his own net but the ref gives a free-kick to the visitors for a foul by Morata. #CHEMUN
— Chelsea FC – #StayHomeSaveLives (@ChelseaFC) November 5, 2017
The two sides played out an entertaining first half but despite chances at both ends, we went into the break goal-less.
There were no changes at HT and the home side came flying out the traps. Hazard went within inches of getting the opener after he got on the end of a Fabregas’ cross (54th minute) but it was Morata who broke the deadlock only a minute later, heading in Azpilicueta’s delivery. This meant there were 23 people left in the game with one punter waiting on 2-0 to Chelsea to scoop the whole £25,000.
Confirmed!
23 people left in the #BVGoldenGoal.
1 person waiting on 2-0 to #CFC to scoop the whole £25k.#CHEMUN pic.twitter.com/9fCLyyEMI8
— BetVictor (@BetVictor) November 5, 2017
I dare say that that one player would’ve been out of his seat more than once in the last 25 minutes as Chelsea spurned a number of good chances to make it 2-0. United huffed and puffed but despite some late pressure, it finished 1-0 to the home side.
This meant that 11 players shared £2,272.73 – a tidy profit for just over 90 minutes work!
📢CONFIRMED📢
Alvaro Morata's 55th minute goal means 11 people win £2,272 each from this week's #BVGoldenGoal. pic.twitter.com/L2OrGBDAns
— BetVictor (@BetVictor) November 5, 2017
The next #BVGoldenGoal features Watford v West Ham. It’s a must win for Slavan Bilic as he remains the favourite to be the next manager to leave his post. Watford will need to pick themselves up after letting a two goal lead go away to Everton last week. How will this influence your selection? You can enter here for FREE
