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Manchester United defeated visiting Chelsea by 2-1 courtesy of Scott McTominay’s double in either half of the encounter.
United started the game like a house on fire mounting pressure on Chelsea, a moe that saw them gain a penalty but was missed by captain Brumo Fernandenz in the 25th minute.
Sanchez flew low to his right to parry Bruno Fernandes’ spot-kick and Alejandro Garnacho blazed the rebound over.
MacTominay lashed on to a loose ball in the 19th minute to score the game’s opener but Cole palmer equalized for the visitors on the stroke of halftime after receiving a through ball from a counter -attacking football from the Blues.
Mykhailo Mudryk struck the outside of the post and the Ukrainian should have sent Raheem Sterling clean through on goal but for a poor pass that ruined another promising break.
Shortly after Palmer’s goal, the referee signalled the end of the first half in the thrilling encounter.
Upon resumption of second half, Mac Tominay again struck in the 69th minute to give United the lead and his goal proved to be the winner in the thrilling encounter.
A sixth win in eight league games lifts United up to sixth and within three points of champions Manchester City in fourth.
Elsewhere, Aston Villa defeated champions Manchester City on Wednesday to extend their remarkable winning run at home and condemn City to fourth winless game.
Virgil van Dijk scored opened the scoring at Bramall Lane, turning home a Trent Alexander-Arnold corner in the 37th minute from near the penalty spot.
The visitors dominated possession but failed to break through again until midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai made the points safe in time added on.
The victory takes Jurgen Klopp’s team to 34 points — just two behind Arsenal, who beat Luton 4-3 on Tuesday.
“Obviously you have to work for every game, especially against a team who changed manager,” Van Dijk told the BBC.
“It was always going to a battle but we did well and deserved the three points.”
It was a miserable first game back in charge for manager Chris Wilder, who returned to the club on Tuesday following Paul Heckingbottom’s dismissal — the first sacking of the season.