"Manchester United kicked off in a deluge and 17th place, and ended soaked-through and jubilant at a benchmark victory that lifts them to ninth. The win is notable as it can be used as the calling-card performance for the Ruben Amorim project. In the first half Chelsea were pummelled mercilessly by his United unit that was quicker, stronger, more menacing, and just plain better than the club world champions."
"United were a whir of red, tumbling relentlessly at Chelsea, and, now, they breached Jorgensen. Noussair Mazraoui skipped along the right, chipped in, Patrick Dorgu headed to Bruno Fernandes and he tipped home. A lengthy Var inquiry ruled Chalobah kept United's captain onside. This was 13 minutes in. A torrid opening 20 for Maresca's men closed with their A-list act, Cole Palmer, having to be replaced by Andrey Santos, so here, already, was a third Chelsea substitute."
Manchester United began the match in 17th place and finished ninth after a 2-1 victory in heavy rain. United dominated the first half, showing greater pace, strength and menace. Robert Sanchez was sent off early for taking down Bryan Mbeumo, forcing Chelsea to replace the goalkeeper and rework their setup. Noussair Mazraoui’s right-side run led to a Patrick Dorgu header and a Bruno Fernandes finish to open the scoring, confirmed after a lengthy VAR check. Trevor Chalobah headed home in the 80th minute to make it 2-1, but United closed out the win. United made changes from the City defeat, bringing in Harry Maguire and Casemiro.
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