Chelsea v Manchester United – a history in pictures
The Premier League heavyweights go head to head on Saturday.
Chelsea and Manchester United go toe to toe in arguably the most attractive of this weekend's Premier League fixtures on Saturday lunchtime.
Here Press Association Sport looks into its archive at some memorable images from past encounters between the clubs.
Chelsea goalkeeper Harry Medhurst looks on despairingly as centre-half John Harris deflects the ball into his own net at Stamford Bridge in September 1949 (PA Archive)Goalkeeper Harry Gregg lets a shot from David Cliss (half-hidden) squirm past him and into the net in a meeting between the sides in April 1958, just over two months on from the Munich air disaster (PA Archive)Chelsea goalkeeper Peter Bonetti dives at the feet of George Best in a November 1966 league match (PA Archive)United boss Sir Matt Busby looks on during a league game between the sides in west London in January 1971 (PA Archive)Chelsea chairman Brian Mears, left, makes a presentation to Bobby Charlton ahead of his 604th and final league appearance for United in April 1973 (PA Archive)Norman Whiteside, left, celebrates a goal for United against Chelsea in an FA Cup fourth-round match in January 1988 (PA Archive)Chelsea goalkeeper Dmitri Kharin clings to the ball on the goalline as Roy Keane and Bryan Robson close in a March 1994 encounter (John Giles/PA)Gianfranco Zola, now on the coaching staff at Chelsea, in action in February 1998 (Adam Butler/PA)Jody Morris blasts Chelsea's final goal past Massimo Taibi in a 5-0 win for the Blues over Sir Alex Ferguson's treble winners in October 1999 (Martyn Hayhow/PA)Frank Leboeuf gets to grips with Andy Cole after the United striker's challenge on Slavisa Jokanovic, which earned him a booking, sparked a melee in a February 2001 encounter (Tom Hevezi/PA)The 'Special One' Jose Mourinho, now in the United dugout, shakes hands with Sir Alex Ferguson after their first Premier League encounter in August 2004 (Rebecca Naden/PA)Arjen Robben is airborne after a challenge from United goalkeeper Tim Howard during a January 2005 League Cup semi-final second leg (Phil Noble/PA)Wayne Rooney lies prone on the Stamford Bridge turf after suffering an injury in April 2006. His fitness dominates the build-up to that summer's World Cup, when he was sent off in a quarter-final penalty shoot-out defeat to Portugal (Jane Mingay/PA)Didier Drogba celebrates his winner against Manchester United in the 2007 FA Cup final, the first at the new Wembley Stadium (Nick Potts/PA)Carlos Tevez scores past Petr Cech in a September 2007 league encounter (Martin Rickett/PA)Chelsea's John Terry grimaces after missing his penalty in the 2008 Champions League final shoot-out against United in Moscow (Martin Rickett/PA)John Terry and Patrice Evra challenge for the ball in a March 2011 league encounter (Sean Dempsey/PA)Jose Mourinho, now in his second spell at Chelsea, greets Louis van Gaal, the man he would succeed as United boss, ahead of an October 2014 match (Martin Rickett/PA)Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta is fouled by Manchester United's Jesse Lingard during a league game in February 2016 (Adam Davy/PA)Jose Mourinho, now the Manchester United boss, involved in an exchange with Chelsea's Antonio Conte in October 2016 (John Walton/PA)David De Gea dives low to make a save during an FA Cup quarter-final clash between the sides in March 2017 (Nick Potts/PA)Eden Hazard beats De Gea from the penalty spot to secure the 2018 FA Cup for Chelsea (Nick Potts/PA)
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