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Stamford Bridge bogey ground for Manchester United, Rooney never won there - 1 win in last 10

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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 5:52p.m.

Oh the pain... Rooney wants to forget the past and taste victory at Stamford Bridge (file pic)

Oh the pain... Rooney wants to forget the past and taste victory at Stamford Bridge (file pic)

Manchester United will be heading to Stamford Bridge this weekend with the knowledge that that don’t often walk away with points from the Chelsea stronghold.

In fact, in the last 10 matches United has only won once, with six losses and only six points out of the possible 30 on offer.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said: "It's not an easy game going to Stamford Bridge, we've not beaten them since 2002

"The last seven years we've fought with them for league titles so you expect it to be a hard game and it will be."

Some of those United stalwarts haven’t even tasted victory at the Bridge.

One of those is Wayne Rooney.

"We've got a terrible record at Stamford Bridge," said the England forward before last year's fixture at Chelsea, which his side lost 2-1.

"It's not been a good place for me, with United and Everton – I even broke my metatarsal there in 2006 and nearly missed the World Cup.

"You get these strange records in football and there's no way to explain them. I certainly don’t know why we’ve found it so hard at Chelsea because our away record is very good overall."

Last 10 games:

Mar 2011: Chelsea (Luiz, Lampard) 2-1 Man Utd (Rooney)
Nov 2009: Chelsea (Terry) 1-0 Man Utd
Sep 2008: Chelsea (Kalou) 1-1 Man Utd (Park)
Apr 2008: Chelsea (Ballack 2) 2-1 Man Utd (Rooney)
May 2007: Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd
Apr 2006: Chelsea (Gallas, Cole, Carvalho) 3-0 Man Utd
Aug 2004: Chelsea (Gudjohnsen) 1-0 Man Utd
Nov 2003: Chelsea (Lampard) 1-0 Man Utd
Aug 2002: Chelsea (Gallas, Zenden) 2-2 (Beckham, Giggs)
Apr 2002: Chelsea 0-3 Man Utd (Scholes, Van Nistelrooy, Solskjaer)

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04 Feb 2012 10:41p.m.

Xyth wrote:

Rooney won there in Champions League last year!!! He would have won another two time (Nov 2009 and March 2011) but he and his team mates were cheated by referees both times!! In Nov 2009, ex England captain scored from a free kick that never was, while in an obvious offside position. United were denied at least one stone wall penalty! In March 2011, Luiz should have been sent off, United had a good penalty shout, while Chelsea's penalty was a blatant dive. In between these matches, in March 2010 Chelsea won at Old Trafford when Drogba scored from an offside position, a goal that gifted the title to Chelsea. Therefore, had we had a decent refereeing in above matches, the recent history between United and Chelsea would have been entirely different!!!