Chelsea vs Manchester United 2018 (CFC-Man Utd 2018)
Final score and result:- Chelsea vs Manchester United 2-2 (Barkley, Rudiger/Martial*2)
Stamford Bridge, London- 20 October, 2018
Ross Barkley’s stoppage time equaliser denies Man Utd their first win at the Bridge since 2012 as Chelsea draw 2-2
Here is the list of 30 players nominated for the Ballon D’Or award earlier this week. The trophy will be officially presented on December 3. Spanish based players dominate the shortlist with almost half the players (14) playing in La Liga. The Premiership has the second highest number of representatives at 11, but weirdly enough, there’s no player plying their trade in Germany on this list. 3 Ligue 1 players and two from Serie A complete the shortlist.
30 player shortlist: Aguero, Alisson, Bale, Benzema, Cavani, Courtois, Cristiano Ronaldo, De Bruyne, Firmino, Godin, Griezmann, Hazard, Isco, Kane, Kante, Lloris, Mandzukic, Mane, Marcelo, Mbappe, Messi, Modric, Neymar, Oblak, Pogba, Rakitic, Ramos, Salah, Suarez, Varane
Young Liverpool defender Trent Alexander Arnold took on world champion Magnus Carlsen in a game of chess today (October 8, 2018). TAA, who was not in the starting lineup in Liverpool’s draw against Man City yesterday, was beaten in 17 moves by Norwegian star Carlsen, who used a knight to effect the final checkmate move (Nce4). TAA played with black pieces in this game. Billionaire Bill Gates had been beaten by 9 moves by Carlsen in a previous exhibition game.
Edit- updated with the full list of moves in Trent vs Magnus Carlsen 2018 (Carlsen white pieces, Trent black pieces).
TAA appeared to use the Pirc defence opening, choosing to respond to Carlsen’s e4 with a d6.
Here’s how the 17 moves game went.
1) e4 d6
2) d4 nf6
3) Nc3 Bd7
4) e5 Ng8
5) f4 Be6
6) Nf3 g6
7) d5 b6
8) dxe6 fxe6
9) Ng5 dxe5
10) Qxd8+ Kxd8
11) Nf7+ Kd7
12) Nxh8 Bg7
13) Nf7 Kc8
14) Bc4 Kd7
15) Ng5 Nc6
16) Bxe6+ Kd6
17) Nce4# check mate