Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
3 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
65/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
24
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
United were the better side in the first half but fell to pieces after the break.
asserted
United → fall → break
Morgan Rogers danced through several tackles to open the scoring with a superb solo strike, before Lisandro Martinez was shown two yellow cards in less than two minutes to leave United shorthanded.
asserted
Martinez → dance → United
Cole Palmer’s penalty made it 2-0, but the scoreline could have been far more one-sided as Estevao saw a pair of goals ruled out for marginal offsides.
uncertain
pair → make → offsides
The result stretches United’s historic winless run to nine matches - their worst since Sir Alex Ferguson’s first season with the club.
asserted
result → stretch → club
Arthur Ferridge was on hand to rate the Manchester United players’ performances...
Could perhaps have done better to keep out Morgan Rogers’ chipped finish for the opener, though he was badly let down by his defence.
uncertain
he → rate → defence
United’s much-criticised right-back did an admirable job defending Estevao and Pedro Neto, but was poor going forward.
asserted
back → criticise → Estevao
Lisandro Martinez 1
A dismal outing for the diminutive Argentine, who let his team and manager down mere weeks after questioning the club’s standards in a bombshell interview.
asserted
who → let → interview
One of several players beaten too easily as Rogers scored the opener.
asserted
Rogers → beat → opener
Later booked for a foul on Rogers and picked up a second yellow shortly after as he conceded a penalty after needlessly body-checking Wesley Fofana.
asserted
he → book → Fofana
Harry Maguire 6
Made to look silly by Rogers as he waltzed through the United back line to score the opener.
asserted
he → make → opener
Vital touch denied a Palmer tap-in late on.
asserted
touch → deny → in
Leny Yoro 4
Could have done more to stop Rogers’ breezy goalwards run.
uncertain
Yoro → do → run
Anonymous as United began to ship second-half goals.
asserted
United → begin → goals
Andrey Santos 6
Fortunate to dodge a booking after he put in a crunching tackle on his former team-mate Estevao.
asserted
he → dodge → mate
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Carlos Baleba 5
United’s £70m man did not perform like one today.
asserted
man → perform → one
Quiet in midfield and caught out of position as United conceded early in the second half.
asserted
United → catch → half
Appeared frustrated thereafter as he struggled to inspire his United team-mates.
asserted
he → appear → mates
Remained off the boil, as he has done for much of this season, after being reinstated to the starting lineup.
asserted
he → remain → lineup
Missed a golden chance to open the scoring as he faced Mike Penders one-on-one but launched his finish into the Shed End.
asserted
he → miss → End
Lost the ball with a daft flick before Estevao’s goal, which he is fortunate was ruled out.
asserted
he → lose → goal
Drew two smart saves from Penders, was denied by a superb Wesley Fofana block, and fired over from a one-on-one.
asserted
Drew → deny → one
Bryan Mbeumo 6
Creative and direct on the ball in the first half, but came out of the spotlight as United collapsed after the break.
asserted
United → come → break
Substitutes:
Kobbie Mainoo (Baleba ‘58) 6
Made a long-awaited return from injury off the bench with United chasing the game.
asserted
United → make → game
Mason Mount (Cunha ‘66) 6
Quiet as United struggled to get out of their own half after his introduction.
asserted
United → struggle → introduction
Ayden Heaven (Andrey Santos ‘66) 6
Managed to stem the flow of Chelsea’s attack somewhat after coming on, but the damage was already done.
asserted
damage → manage → attack
Joshua Zirkzee (Diallo ‘77) 5
Hardly had a touch after replacing the injured Diallo.
asserted
Zirkzee → have → Diallo
Not used: Darlow, De Ligt, Mazraoui, Tielemans, Lacey
asserted
used → use → ?
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