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
Subs:
Pep Chavarria (on 71, Palestra): Game was already won when he entered. 6
Malo Gusto (on 86, Pedro Neto)
Valentin Barco (on 86, Estevao Willian)
Danny Welbeck (on 86, Moises Caicedo)
Geovany Quenda on 90, Cole Palmer)
