Chelsea

For 45 minutes Manchester United were the better side at Stamford Bridge. There were boos for Chelsea at half-time. Within 20 minutes of the restart United were a goal down and a man down, Cole Palmer was putting away a penalty, and the home end was singing "you're getting sacked in the morning" at Michael Carrick.

It is now nine games without a win in all competitions, United's longest run since October and November 1988. This was their third defeat in a row and fourth in the league, and it leaves them 16th, a point above the bottom three. Carrick survived the week after the 3-0 home defeat by Bournemouth. He will do well to survive the next one.

The half United wasted

Carrick had brought Bruno Fernandes back as captain, a week after leaving him on the bench for criticising his tactics after the 4-1 defeat at Como. For a while it looked like the right call. Fernandes drifted in from the left, Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha were lively, and Andrey Santos, back at his old club, swept a 20-yard shot just wide early on.

Alonso had problems of his own. João Pedro was injured, so Pedro Neto led the line, Jordan Henderson was out ill, and Marco Palestra made his first Chelsea start at full-back. Mike Penders kept his place in goal a week after his mistake against Spurs.

Chelsea were a mess at the back. Wesley Fofana's mistakes twice let Amad Diallo clean through. Penders saved low to his left from the first, and the second went high and wide. Fernandes got on the end of a breakaway and skied Mbeumo's pass into the Matthew Harding Stand. Mbeumo was inches from Fernandes' low cross, and only Levi Colwill's covering stopped Cunha getting clear.

On the half-hour United thought they'd scored. Harry Maguire headed a corner on and Cunha put it in from close range, but VAR found Cunha half a yard offside. Chelsea had their moments too. Moisés Caicedo deflected a Fofana header onto the post, and Estêvão, given his first league start of the season by Xabi Alonso, tapped in after Senne Lammens spilled a Pedro Neto shot, but he was offside. Still, it was the visitors who should have been two up.

Fifty minutes, one run

It took five minutes of the second half to undo all of it. Mbeumo turned into trouble in midfield, Caicedo blocked his path and Roméo Lavia nicked the ball past Carlos Baleba. Morgan Rogers picked it up in the centre circle with the whole United defence in front of him.

Nobody stopped him. Santos couldn't get across, Lisandro Martínez grabbed at his shirt, and Maguire and Martínez ran alongside him until he was seven yards out. Then he dinked it over Lammens. It was the club-record £117m signing's sixth goal for Chelsea.

Just to try to commit the defenders. All of a sudden, I was in on goal and had to stay composed. Luckily it went in.

Morgan Rogers, Chelsea forward, to TNT Sports

Martínez loses his head

Martínez was making only his second start since publicly criticising the club's hierarchy, and he had looked solid until Chelsea scored. He was booked for kicking at Rogers' ankles. Minutes later, as a Chelsea corner drifted harmlessly away, he turned his back on the ball and shoved an arm into Fofana's face.

VAR sent Peter Bankes to the monitor, and it was one of the simplest reviews of the season: second yellow, red card, penalty. Palmer's spot-kick wasn't well struck, and Lammens got a big hand to it, but it squeezed into the bottom corner. Martínez walked past his manager on the way to the tunnel, and Carrick didn't look at him.

I've not looked at it, to be honest. I've not seen it.

Michael Carrick, Manchester United head coach, on the red card

Chelsea didn't sit back and they were helped massively by the decision of Lisandro Martinez to give away a silly penalty for a challenge, for no reason. Just frustration.

Mark Schwarzer, former Chelsea goalkeeper, BBC Radio 5 Live

Martinez, it's run its course. In a Manchester United shirt, he's at the scene of the crime too often, so I think that's probably his time done.

Joe Cole, former Chelsea midfielder, TNT Sports

Ten men, ten minutes added

Once United were down to ten, Chelsea had the game to themselves. Maguire stuck out a leg to stop Palmer tapping in Estêvão's cut-back. Then Estêvão lashed a rising shot into the top corner after Lavia stole the ball from Fernandes, and was ruled offside by a shoulder. Lammens tipped away his curler later on. Amad went off hurt, and Mainoo, Zirkzee and Mbeumo all ended up in the book.

Ten minutes were added. In stoppage time Mbeumo hit a rising half-volley that Penders turned onto the underside of the bar. At the other end, substitute Valentín Barco sliced wide from six yards at the far post. Chelsea finished with 18 shots to 12 and an xG of 2.67 to 1.17, and United committed 20 fouls to Chelsea's eight.

We didn't really get going second half. We could've, should've been up really first half... We looked really dangerous coming into half time and we found a way to unravel it second half.

Michael Carrick, Manchester United head coach

Asked if he expected to stay in charge, Carrick said only: "Yeah." At the whistle he walked over to the away end, where they were still singing his name. Fernandes followed him and looked close to tears. United's chief executive Omar Berrada and director of football Jason Wilcox watched from the stands, and the away end had spent the afternoon chanting against the Glazers and Wilcox.

The mentality was there right from the first minute. Harder with 10 men.

Bryan Mbeumo, Manchester United forward, to TNT Sports

Alonso, whose side had lost to Spurs last weekend and gone out of the Carabao Cup at Anfield on Wednesday, called it "a mature performance". In his press conference he put the turnaround down to what was said at half-time.

I think there were different moments in the game. First half was intense, momentums from both sides. United had their chances, we were close as well. We spoke at half-time and the reaction was better. We looked in better control and took the lead.

Xabi Alonso, Chelsea head coach, post-match press conference

He saved his warmest words for Estêvão, who had not even got off the bench at Anfield.

We spoke after Tottenham and he was always going to be playing today. He has had the best response to show that he deserves more, that he was prepared and that's what you want from your players. I'm very happy for him. He was really close to scoring that goal.

Xabi Alonso, Chelsea head coach, post-match press conference

Of Lavia, who won the ball for the opener, Alonso said simply: "From a midfielder's point of view, it has been a top, top performance."