Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea: Romelu Lukaku and Jesse Lingard fire hosts back to second place.
Romelu Lukaku scored one and set up another as Manchester United came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 at Old Trafford.
The victory sees United reclaim second place in the Premier League from Liverpool and open a potentially crucial six-point gap over fifth-placed Chelsea in the race for the top four.
Chelsea’s positive midweek performance against Barcelona may have been shadowed by Lionel Messi’s away goal but the champions showed no sign of self-pity as they flew out of the traps, the restored Alvaro Morata turning Marcos Alonso’s cross onto the bar inside five minutes and Chelsea continued to dominate the first half.
When it seemed like the hosts had found a foothold in the game, Chelsea struck as Willian played a brilliant one-two with Eden Hazard and fired a shot through David de Gea’s defences.
It was no more than Chelsea deserved, as was the lead at the break, but United’s only moment of quality denied them that as Sanchez and Martial combined at the end of an intricate move to free Lukaku, who slotted the equaliser home from six yards and later Lukaku turned into a provider by curling a fine cross from the right onto the head of Lingard, who steered his 13th goal of the season beyond Courtois to ensure Jose Mourinho got the better of old foe Antonio Conte for 2nd season running.
Chelsea face Man City next week as United visit Crystal Palace.
