Chelsea thrash Man United to spoil Mourinho return
Jose Mourinho endured a torrid return to Stamford Bridge as Manchester United were thrashed 4-0 by Antonio Conte's Chelsea.
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The Blues got off to the perfect start when after just 30 seconds a long ball was left by Chris Smalling and Pedro nipped in ahead of David De Gea and rounded the goalkeeper to open the scoring.
United almost hit back immediately when Antonio Valencia swung in a cross for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but the Swedish striker could only head over the bar.
Chelsea were continuing to dominate and scored a second with 20 minutes gone when a corner flicked off Valencia and into the path of Gary Cahill who smashed the ball into the net from six yards out.
It should have been 3-0 when Pedro caught Daley Blind napping and tried to square for Diego Costa, but De Gea was able to save with his left foot.
United looked out of it but almost got back into the game when Ander Herrera struck from distance.
Thibaut Courtois parried away the Spaniard's shot and Jesse Lingered tried to put home the rebound but the Chelsea goalkeeper produced a smart block.
After the break Costa thought he had extended Chelsea’s lead after a corner was half-cleared, but the effort was ruled out for offside.
Marcos Rojo’s error then led to a Chelsea counter attack, but Eden Hazard was denied by a fine block from Smalling.
But the Belgian got his goal soon after when he collected Nemanja Matic's crisp pass and turned Smalling before rolling the ball into the corner of the net.
It got worse for United when N'Golo Kante added a fourth after he ran at Mourinho’s defence and glided past Smalling to plant the ball past De Gea.
Ibrahimovic tried to grab a goal back for Mourinho's men, but he was denited by a fine save from Courtois.
And Chelsea controlled the last few minutes as they secure a win which moves them a point behind Premier League leaders Manchester City in the table.