Mourinho came back to London 4 nothing haha. What an absolute hammering. Well played Chelsea! Terrible performance from the Red Devils. They were simply run off the pitch.

Top 4 this season is looking like it will be a miracle.
Strange homecoming for Jose. He's up to his neck now. It will take all the special one powers to dig deep and get back to the drawing board. Defense is really all over. Smalling played an impressively bad game. Was Pogba even on the pitch? Of course he can't do it himself. But what they paid for him, that's

CR7 money!! Come one. Surely. He's going to keep getting the pressure to perform because of the pricetag.

Last game against Liverpool they played with a small team mentality against a good but not great team. This game has just added more questions than answers.

Kante, what a smashing bargain. Well played Chelsea!

Mou's tactics were gone as soon as Pedro scored.

As bad as it looks and is, in the end it's one game. The title challenge (or lack thereof) has been put to bed and now we focus on top four. We can still get there if United doesn't let this one game define their season. If they do...

I don't think Mourinho has the set of players he generally likes to use. I would never expect a player like Pogba to be on a Mourinho team. It's just not the type of player he wants. Midfielders like Lampard, Sneijder, Cambiasso, Alonso, Ozil, Matic... those are his type of players.

As long as Fellani is on the line-up, reaching the top 4 would be even more harder. Pogba will never play at his best in United until he has the freedom to go upfront, with that Mou needs to play Carrick more. Ibra is silent, but hey, they got him for free. Rashford, valencia and Herrera are the best players this season. They need to play Depay often, he has lots of potential but he needs to regain his confidence, Mou needs to trust him, even if he plays 4-5 games, he will surely play horrendous, but he needs time. It may sound ambitious, but Manchester need speed, creativity and a dynamic player. Their entire squad is slow, From Blind to Ibra. Only Rashford, Valencia and Martial, plus Martial so far has been average, he is no better than Pogba.

Manchester can change coaches, players, f*cking name but they still can't recover to their former selves. Until they can work harder and stop slacking off, heck if they signed CR7 and Messi, they still won't reach the top of BPL.

@Dyna, Mourinho isn't applying the same tactics like he used with Chelsea, Real and Inter. He isn't aiming for the win, he is only using players that Fans want to see. Trust me, if Mou wanted to do what he really want, Pogba-Rooney-Mata wouldn't even be on the bench. Mou is afraid of losing his job and the trust from the fans, same thing happened at Real, but we did win La liga, Super Cup and Copa del rey with him. However he lost the trust and hope from most fans and half the squad.

Agree with dynastian but I tnink Pogba can be his players it is just there is no one to pair him with in midfield to secure the defensive mid while Pogba goes exploring . Fellaini is the only legit DM but god he is awful .

You guys laughing at the man from hate but fail to see he basically chooses his line from the pile of crap Woodward bought him . I never saw Mourinhos defense be so awful like in this game .. Smalling doesn't deserve to be playing in starting line up in United . United needs to swallow their pride of being attractive football bs that they were sold on with Ferguson days because before United was not attractive and always attacking club . If United doesn't let Mourinho do as he wishes , they will not achieve anything .

@rayex: Mou wants the best that he can get. You cant blame the crowd of what he chose to play, thats simply not true. Mou's tactic is not surprising any more and it would NOT work well with the players at his disposal. He needs to do better to get the best out of this squad. His tactic so far hasnt been good enough.

The line up today was a facepalm. And Pogba was simply horrible

@Marcus: Mou has been doing that, we dont play attractive football. Not at all, we got 1 point from our bus game against Liverpool, the line up today was exactly the same. But Pedro's goal cancelled everything.

• I still don't know what Fellaini And Rojo are doing in such a big club ? Incredible that no one has shown them the exit Yet.
• You know you are world class when you just played 10 games with your new club, and your teammates give you the ball when you are severely marked by opponent : N' golo Kanté. Perfect ball control.
• Conte finally found equilibrium : the curious 3-4-3 seems now to be Chelsea's main tactic. 3 games now and clean sheets are Comming.

Not that long when Chelsea looked unbalanced and didn't created many chances, we ve discussed the best option and I suggested the 4-3-3 or the 4-4-2 diamond, now with Azpi doing the CB and LB work, the 3-4-3 did wonders... But Azpi and Marcos are crucial for this tactic.

United are only 6 pts ahead but they don't have the team to compete sadly.

People are claiming Mourinho has lost his touch... but fail to realize that the last time he was allowed full control of the players in a club was Real Madrid in 2013. Look at what he can do when he has the players he wants to use. He hasn't lost anything. Woodward and Chelsea fuck.ed him over with their transfer policies.

Tuan

Do you think that early goal just completely has thrown off United players off their game plan ? Nah mate . Whole team was very calm from the benining instead of pressing hard not letting Chelsea so much space . Not sure how many counter attacks we had but we had plenty of space . I really don't understand how Mourinho didn't fix his defense in summmer and went into season with that back line and defensive mid . It is his core ! Mourinho always starts there !

Let's also not give so much credit to individual mistakes of the players costing the game because I felt like all the players from united have underperformed and made mistakes . Also I just thought conte like @tiki noticed has found formation that allows our players play furious counter attacking football and unlock spaces very quickly !

About line up , only guy there is legit to come on instead of Fellaini is Carrick because Blind plays on the left . I don't know if left back is his strongest position but I remember he can easily do CDM and has a sharp eye for passes but then who will play left back ?
Pogba just needs different set up and good partner and he will be exactly what everyone expected of him .

You know I felt like this United had no leader at all . I just didn't know who exactly was commanding on the team . If Rooney is upsent Carrick should have been on and do your parking bus as much you want because Carrick not only good passer and DM but calm and good captain on the field and has respect of the whole squad .

@rayrex, Completely agree with your second comment.

It's very unlike Mourinho to be playing youngsters like Rashford and Lingard. He might be wanting to form a dynasty which he has lacked so far in his career, or he may be under strict guidelines from the club. United have suffered since SAF left and clearly they're trying to rebuild their image.

I think that Mourinho is just overrated, seriously. Yes, he is in the top 5, but everyone makes look so much better than he actually is.

What I did like about the match last night is the determination of Conte, If it was Mourinho we would have played way too careful from the first 1 minute after the first goal. But that's not the case with Conte, He kept yelling and screaming and encourage the players to stay focus and get more for the fans as if we didn't score at all. We always looked like we are a goal behind and wanted more, this is something we missed since a long time. Passion. Thanks to Conte. LVG tried to play the 3-4-3 formation and everyone laughed at him and say that he must be crazy to use that formation in the EPL and it never worked just because he never had the players to implement it.

With this formation it reminds me when we used to play 4-3-3, beautiful football and results. Not score 1 goal and sit back. Conte made it clear that he will never play for a draw, so it's either a win or lose.

When the first goal went in, the players were not panicking. They were calm and composed. I don't know how many times I have said this, Pogba needs Carrick and/or Herrera in the midfield alongside him to give him that freedom to go forward and make the runs he wants to make. But credit to Chelsea because they were very good, I didn't expect them to be this good. The defence completely switched off for the 1st goal, and why Luke Shaw is not playing I'll never know.

Maroune Fellaini - whatever this guy does in his life, he'll never convince me he deserves to start over Carrick or even Basti. I think he has nudes of Ed Woodward and blackmails him into starting him.

The Man City game is so much crucial now, and I think it's the perfect opportunity to bring Mkhitaryan back. I say start Mikhi in the no.10 role or the right. It'll be the perfect opportunity to redeem himself against the same opponents that led to him being benched in the first place.

I read all the haters coments on the highlight section... So.. Haters always will be Haters... I don't blame POGBA for his perfomance.. this is a 11 men game and when He is playing alongside Fellaini there is not much he can do.

He has only 6 games or 8 games.. He cost 89M, but people want him to come and suddenly play like Messi or Maradona.. He needs time and good partner alongside him. Look at OZIL, we all knew he is worldclass but he took time to perform like one.

POGBA at Juventos played alongside Pirlo, Vidal, Marchisio, (worldclass players) and now he has Fellaini and Mourinho puts him in a number 10 role in bigger games, thats why he does not perform well, he only plays good against smaller teams because Mourinho takes risks in these games and make the right decisions.
He is a pure 6.. He needs Herrera or Carrick beside and Mikitharyan or Mata in front of him.

Ibrahimovic
He's playing alone in the box most of the time the ball goes there .. he's alone
That's why he comes back to find the ball a lot and this is showing how poor the feeders are not doing their job ... He is a player of the area, he needs to be there together with other players .. It is not one Suarez, Aguero, Rooney in his prime .. Ibra needs to touch the ball when it is in the box, then great things will come ..

Blind
I think he is not good enough to be a starting 11 player
(I do not understand Luke Shaw in the bench)

Smalling
If he want to continue being a starting 11 player.. is better to start playing like one.. (those mistakes are not acceptable in this level)

Jose is Jose.. he will find a way to fix this.. he is good puting a team defending well.. and he will do his job.. he needs time..
Even his best 11.. he did not find yet... the same is happening with Guardiola..

Teams like Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham has a 11 initial base playing together about two years ago .. and already assimilated the ideas of their coaches over the years.
Guardiola and Mourinho are great coaches .. they need time and they are on the process of building their best 11.

To be fair, if I'm gonna blame somebody for the results, its gonna be Zlatan and Smalling, the latter could have acted better on every single goal, and Zlatan had at least 4 decent goal chance. I mean, seriously, I knew he was getting older but he is doing much worse than expected for me for Manchester United. Not saying that united didn't overspend on Pogba or that the lad is worth what they paid for him but he certainly wasn't the worst in that game for me. Tell me your opinion on the matter.

@celsowis Mostly agree with what you said but Blind is pretty good in my opinion, statwise, on whoscored.com, he is one of united best player at the moment. Doesn't mean much but its still speak in his favour at least. :P

This is message to United fans . Remember how you laughed at us that we paid too much for Eden Hazard and he choose us over you because of money ? Well , NOOO . BIG NO ! :D Such a joy when time puts things in their places .

Also here are some facts , enjoy reading them :

Chelsea have taken 67 points out of a possible 144 in 48 games against United in the Premier League, which is 17 more points than Arsenal have managed from their 48 fixtures

The Blues have registered 16 wins and 19 draws against United, losing just 13, a far superior record to other Premier League ever-presents. Of those 16 wins, five were recorded by Mourinho which is more than any other Chelsea boss.

Chelsea have also scored more Premier League goals against United, netting 62 times and conceding 59. Liverpool have scored the second-most in the Premier League era, scoring 55 but conceding 72, followed by City (scored 51, conceded 59) and Arsenal (scored 48, conceded 69).

Chelsea have also registered some big wins over United in Premier League history, including the 5-0 victory at Stamford Bridge in October 1999, a 3-0 win at Old Trafford in December 2001, and their 3-0 win in West London in April 2006, which secured Mourinho's second Premier League title.

Chelsea are unbeaten in seven league games against United (won three, drawn four), and if they avoid defeat on Sunday, it will be the first time in their league history they have gone unbeaten in eight games against a club.

United have also struggled during visits to the capital of late, winning only one of their last eight games in London, but historically they have taken more points away from Stamford Bridge than any other side in league history.

Also it is not 6 wins to Mourinhos name against United ! :)