Deluge, drama and defiance: Manchester United outlast 10-man Chelsea in a record-chaotic night.
Manchester United beat Chelsea 2-1 in a rain-lashed Old Trafford contest shaped by Robert Sánchez’s fifth-minute red card and then tilted back by Casemiro’s dismissal before half-time. Bruno Fernandes struck his 100th United goal and Casemiro headed a second, only for Trevoh Chalobah to set up a nervy finale with an 80th-minute reply. United, soaked and stretched, held on.
This was the first Premier League match to feature two or more goals, red cards, and substitutions in the first half, and it felt every bit as chaotic as that sounds. The result lifted United to 10th and into the top half, only two points off the top four, while Chelsea’s winless run at this ground extended back to 2013.
A sending-off that rewrote the script