— Jesse Lingard scores winner
Manchester United returned to second in the Premier League table after staging a come-from-behind win against Chelsea at Old Trafford. No dramatics from either managers throughout the game – no fracas between the players either.
Willian scored for a second game running while Romelu Lukaku had his involvement in both United goals – scoring one and assisting the second.
Jesse Lingard popped up to score the winner after Willian put Chelsea ahead and Lukaku drew parity.
Chelsea were good in patches, much better of the two teams in the first half but the second half more or less belonged to United. Mourinho’s substitution of throwing in Lingard paid off in the end for all three points.
United pulled level before the break, with striker Romelu Lukaku getting in front of Marcos Alonso to score against his former club for the first time.
Lukaku then set up Lingard to head home with 15 minutes left, after which Chelsea's Alvaro Morata had a goal incorrectly disallowed for offside.
Defeat leaves the Blues in fifth place after Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 1-0 earlier on Sunday.
A run of just one win in their past four league matches, coupled with Spurs' 10-game unbeaten streak, means they are out of the Champions League places with 10 games remaining.
Chelsea went close to taking the lead at Old Trafford after just four minutes, when Morata ran on to Alonso's brilliant volleyed cross, but his shot hit the bar.
Lukaku, facing the club he played for between 2011 and 2014, also had a flying volley superbly saved by Thibaut Courtois.
Lukaku rises to the occasion
Lukaku came into the game having scored 12 goals in the Premier League so far this season, but with none - and only four shots on target - against the other teams in the top six.
The Belgian, signed for £75m from Everton last July,had never scored in either seven previous league appearances against Chelsea, or 10 for the Blues during a spell in which he enjoyed more success while on loan at West Brom and Everton.
But the 24-year-old edged in front of Alonso to finish off a neat move involving Alexis Sanchez and Anthony Martial and end his dry spell against the top flight's elite.
Lukaku came close to a second when he met Sanchez's superb ball with a flying left-footed volley, but Courtois denied his international team-mate by tipping the ball over.
He swung the match decisively in United's favour, though, when he slipped free on the right of the box and chipped in a cross that Lingard nodded home.
United pulled level before the break, with striker Romelu Lukaku getting in front of Marcos Alonso to score against his former club for the first time.
Lukaku then set up Lingard to head home with 15 minutes left, after which Chelsea's Alvaro Morata had a goal incorrectly disallowed for offside.
Defeat leaves the Blues in fifth place after Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 1-0 earlier on Sunday.
A run of just one win in their past four league matches, coupled with Spurs' 10-game unbeaten streak, means they are out of the Champions League places with 10 games remaining.
Chelsea went close to taking the lead at Old Trafford after just four minutes, when Morata ran on to Alonso's brilliant volleyed cross, but his shot hit the bar.
Lukaku, facing the club he played for between 2011 and 2014, also had a flying volley superbly saved by Thibaut Courtois.
Lukaku rises to the occasion
Lukaku came into the game having scored 12 goals in the Premier League so far this season, but with none - and only four shots on target - against the other teams in the top six.
The Belgian, signed for £75m from Everton last July,had never scored in either seven previous league appearances against Chelsea, or 10 for the Blues during a spell in which he enjoyed more success while on loan at West Brom and Everton.
But the 24-year-old edged in front of Alonso to finish off a neat move involving Alexis Sanchez and Anthony Martial and end his dry spell against the top flight's elite.
Lukaku came close to a second when he met Sanchez's superb ball with a flying left-footed volley, but Courtois denied his international team-mate by tipping the ball over.
He swung the match decisively in United's favour, though, when he slipped free on the right of the box and chipped in a cross that Lingard nodded home.
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