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De Gea - 7
Two early excellent saves from Hazard and Cahill kept United in with a chance
when Chelsea stepped on the gas.
Valencia - 5
Started on the front foot as a right-wing back but it wasn't long before he
had to revert back to showing his full-back qualities. Unable to have his
usual stamp on the game going forward and United missed that.
Jones - 5
Assigned to the job of keeping Eden Hazard quiet when the Belgian pushed on
and it was a tough night for him.
Smalling - 5
Was made to look lumbering and ridiculous by Hazard in the moment when he
turned and changed the tone of the evening. It was an improvement from
October so that was a plus for him.
Rojo - 6
A few flicks from Costa caught him out but generally the Argentine stuck to
his task admirably against the dangerous and powerful Chelsea striker. Did
get done by Willian.
Darmian - 5
The Italian never really flourished as the left wing back-cum-full back and
even having Young backing him up didn't help much.
Herrera - 4
The Basque midfielder had his work cut out keeping tabs on Hazard and it was
always going to be a hazardous job. But unlucky to go early.
Pogba - 5
It wasn't a fair match up in size between the Frenchman and Kante but
Chelsea's diminutive midfielder had the upper hand on his more expensive foe.
The job only got worse when Herrera left the scene.
Young - 4
Rarely got into the game out on the left and seemed to be something of a
passenger for much of the time. When forced into defensive duties he looked
rusty in the job. Booking for foul on Moses summed up his game.
Mkhitaryan - 4
The Armenian had one decent shot that flew wide but other than that it was a
struggle for him to make an impact. Had to make way when Reds down to 10 men.
Rashford - 7
Worked tirelessly after “putting himself on the line” according to Mourinho
following his illness. But it was a frustrating lone evening but was almost a
hero had it not been for class stop from Courtois.
Substitutes
Fellaini (sub Mkhitaryan 37) - 5
Was in there to stem tide but unable to do it.
Lingard (sub Young 81) - 5
Tough time to come on.
Unused: Bailly, Mata, Carrick, Blind, Romero