Chelsea's Eden Hazard celebrates scoring their third goal against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. ReutersLondon: Jose Mourinho was humiliated on his Premier League return to Stamford Bridge where his former side Chelsea routed Manchester United 4-0 on Sunday.
Having held out for 90 minutes at Anfield last Monday, United conceded the quickest goal in the Premier League this season to Pedro after 30 seconds and were then ripped apart as Gary Cahill (21), Eden Hazard (62) and N'Golo Kante (70) completed the scoring.
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Most of the goals stemmed from poor defending as Chelsea found ever more ingenious ways to inflict pain on Mourinho.
Marcus Alonso began the unraveling with a defence-splitting pass that found Pedro, while Cahill could not believe his luck when the ball fell to him in the area after Chris Smalling failed to clear a corner.
Two up at half-time, when United replaced Marouane Fellaini with Juan Mata, Chelsea sat back and waited to hit United on the break with Hazard adding a third after a clever one-two and then Kante driving into the area unopposed to score his first goal for the club.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, left, and his Chelsea counterpart Antonio Conte at the end of the match. ReutersEarlier, Manchester City returned to the top of the league table on goal difference after coming from behind to draw 1-1 with Southampton at the Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola's side, who began the season with 10 straight victories, have now gone five games without a win in all competitions, equaling the Spaniard's worst run as a manager when he was at Barcelona.
(With agency inputs)
