Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer scored second-half goals as Chelsea secured a 2-0 home win over 10-man Manchester United, who endured another desperate day. Chelsea's record £117m signing Rogers opened the scoring in the 50th minute before United defender Lisandro Martinez was sent off after conceding a penalty, which Palmer converted. Here's how BBC Sport's reporters at Stamford Bridge rated the players and your verdicts on the performances.
Chelsea beat 10-man Man Utd to heap further pressure on Carrick What do BBC Sport's player ratings mean? Mike Penders: The Belgian goalkeeper remains under pressure after his mistake against Tottenham last week, but he was steady here and made several comfortable saves. 7 Josh Acheampong: The young defender looked shaky early on but recovered well, making a fantastic block from a Bruno Fernandes volley and improving as the game went on. 6 Wesley Fofana: The Frenchman made a brilliant block from one of Amad Diallo's shots but was twice at fault as the winger broke clear on the counter-attack. His header also struck the post after taking a deflection off Moises Caicedo in a chaotic display.
Fofana also won the second-half penalty. 5 Levi Colwill: The England defender was part of an overall poor defensive display but did not make any obvious errors himself. 6 Marco Palestra: The Italian made some good recovery runs on his first start for Chelsea but was also part of a below-par defensive display from an organisational perspective. 7 Moises Caicedo: Influential presence in a scrappy midfield battle, helping Chelsea compete physically in the centre of the pitch. 6 Romeo Lavia: Often the player who helped Chelsea play through United's pressure, sparking several counter-attacks with intelligent passing. Won the ball for Chelsea's opener. 7 Pedro Neto: Arguably Chelsea's most dangerous attacker but finishing let him down, with one effort saved and another fired well wide in the first half. 6 Cole Palmer: A quiet game by his standards and unconvincingly scored a second-half penalty. Aside from that, he attempted an ambitious effort from inside his own half and gifted United one of their major chances. 6 Estevao Willian: Lost possession with his first touch but recovered impressively.
Looked lively throughout, having a couple of dangerous-looking shots on goal and two that he scored but were ruled out for offside. His set-pieces were also of consistent high quality. 8 Morgan Rogers: A surprisingly anonymous start and struggled in the number nine position until he was given the chance to run at United's defence, scoring with a sublime dink in the 50th minute. 8 Pep Chavarria (on 71, Palestra): Game was already won when he entered. 6 Senne Lammens: Alive to Palmer's attempt to catch him out with a quickly taken free-kick. Was lucky to get away with a poor save early on, thanks to offside flag.
No chance with Rogers goal. 7 Leny Yoro: Speed essential to deal with Chelsea counter-attacks but sometimes ran out of position. 7 Harry Maguire: Authoritative presence at heart of defence for most part but yet again unable to stop gap opening up for Rogers to score. 7 Lisandro Martinez: Did OK and looked good - until Chelsea scored. Then gave penalty away and red-carded for ridiculous moment of recklessness. 3 Diogo Dalot: Played out of position again at left-back and Estevao threatened down his side, but Dalot stuck to his task gamely. 6 Andrey Santos: So close to a memorable goal against his old club. Crucial intervention to deny Moises Caicedo a clear sight at goal at the other end.
Difficult second half. 5 Carlos Baleba: Was having his best game in a United shirt so far and tried to prod the visitors forward. But impetuous tackle in midfield proved extremely costly as Rogers ran through to score. 5 Amad Diallo: Looked sharp. Tested Mike Penders from long range and also at his near post.
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