SportsJOE’s one-word player ratings: Chelsea do enough to Mourinho their way to victory over United

Chelsea knew that a point would have been enough to keep all potential rivals at arms length.

So Jose Mourinho wouldn't have have believed his luck when Eden Hazard latched onto a sumptuous backheel from Oscar to open the scoring in the first-half. Licking his lips, The Special One quickly closed off the game, thrilled with the prospect of all three points and despite the staggering amount of United possession in the second half, it evolved into arguably the most Mourinho performance of the season for Chelsea.

Chelsea

Courtois: Untroubled Ivanovic: Shaky Cahill: Whatever Terry: Boss Azpilicueta: Natural Zouma: Fellaini Matic: Tenacious Oscar: Vision Fabregas: Disguised Hazard: Everywhere Drogba: Shadow Substitutes: Ramires: Shut Mikel: Up Willian: Shop

Manchester United

De Gea: Handsy Valencia: Hyper Smalling: Unpredictable McNair: Cumbersome Shaw: Marauding Mata: Tidy Rooney: Quarterback Herrera: Lonesome Young: Disciplined Fellaini: Nuisance Falcao: Bossed Substitutes:  di Maria: Scapegoat Januzaj: Remember? Blackett: Competent