Whether it was by default or by design, Mourinho looked to have found an attacking formula to get a tune out of his side. A United win had looked so unlikely, both before and during the match.
Mourinho’s starting XI consisted of a front four of Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Juan Mata with a midfield two behind in Paul Pogba and Nemanja Matic.
Despite criticisms of his ‘negative’ tactics, Mourinho has arguably been too attacking against United’s top six rivals at times but Chelsea were unnerved by the pressure on their defence and failed to settle in the opening stages.
