Chelsea knew that a point would have been enough to keep all potential rivals at arms length.
So Jose Mourinho wouldn’t have have believed his luck when Eden Hazard latched onto a sumptuous backheel from Oscar to open the scoring in the first-half.
Licking his lips, The Special One quickly closed off the game, thrilled with the prospect of all three points and despite the staggering amount of United possession in the second half, it evolved into arguably the most Mourinho performance of the season for Chelsea.
Chelsea
Courtois: Untroubled
Ivanovic: Shaky
Cahill: Whatever
Terry: Boss
Azpilicueta: Natural
Zouma: Fellaini
Matic: Tenacious
Oscar: Vision
Fabregas: Disguised
Hazard: Everywhere
Drogba: Shadow
Substitutes:
Ramires: Shut
Mikel: Up
Willian: Shop
Manchester United
De Gea: Handsy
Valencia: Hyper
Smalling: Unpredictable
McNair: Cumbersome
Shaw: Marauding
Mata: Tidy
Rooney: Quarterback
Herrera: Lonesome
Young: Disciplined
Fellaini: Nuisance
Falcao: Bossed
Substitutes:
di Maria: Scapegoat
Januzaj: Remember?
Blackett: Competent
