Manchester United fought back from a goal down to earn a share of the points in an entertaining Premier League clash with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
Antonio Rudiger headed the home side into the lead after Paul Pogba failed to track his man from a corner, with the Frenchman then throwing a tantrum at his team-mates on the pitch
However, Jose Mourinho's side got back into the game in controversial fashion when Anthony Martial slammed home Ashley Young's cross as Marcos Alonso lay stricken in the penalty area
The United winger then doubled his tally with a cool finish following good work from Juan Mata and Marcus Rashford but Ross Barkley pounced late before tempers flared on the touchline
Express Sport have rated the Manchester United players for their performances against Chelsea – do you agree?Manchester United player ratings vs Chelsea – Premier League GK: David De Gea – 7 Didn't get close to Rudiger's header but comfortably denied Alvaro Morata in the second half then made a top save from N'Golo Kante
Almost earned United the win with a brave late stop but couldn't deny Barkley. RB: Ashley Young – 7 Was involved in plenty of the early exchanges, leaving several late challenges on Hazard as he tried to nullify Chelsea's greatest threat
Threatened with some dangerous balls into the box and more than held his own in defence
CB: Chris Smalling – 5 Began strongly and never looked in too much trouble against Morata
Commanding in the air and made some key interceptions, but his distribution was poor and the centre-back played David Luiz onside for a great chance
CB: Victor Lindelof – 6 Looked much more confident than usual alongside Smalling, winning nearly all of his aerial battles
Rightly ignored Pogba when the French midfielder tried to attribute blame his way for Rudiger's goal
LB: Luke Shaw – 6 Kept Willian quiet for much of the afternoon and got forward when he could to keep Chelsea pegged back
Enjoyed himself much more in the second half as United grew into the game. CM: Nemanja Matic – 7 Committed plenty of niggly fouls and it wasn't long before he found himself in the book after performing a rugby tackle on Hazard
Was there to perform a disruptive job and did it with ease, helping United control the game in the second half
CM: Paul Pogba – 4 Guilty of losing Rudiger from a corner but then attempted to blame Lindelof, or anyone else in the vicinity
Tried hard to make amends with some wild shots from distance, but little came off for the Frenchman
RAM: Marcus Rashford – 8 Spritely and full of running on the right flank. Caused the Chelsea defence problems all afternoon and kept composed to find Martial for United's second
CAM: Juan Mata – 8 Asked to harass Jorginho as much as possible and did this to great effect in the early stages
Showed some great feet to almost find an opening before clattering Cesar Azpilicueta late, then showed a good turn off pace to break down the right and create Martial's second
An unsung hero of United's side. LAM: Anthony Martial – 9 Fantastic touch and finish to bring United level, with the winger displaying a level of composure otherwise lacking from his team-mates
Martial then showed it wasn't a fluke with a brilliant finish to put United into the lead, earning a hug and a smile off his manager as he was substituted
ST: Romelu Lukaku – 6 Barely involved in the first half as Luiz and Rudiger starved him of service
Headed one chance wide then found things a bit easier in the second half, although clear-cut chances were still hard to come by
Hold-up play was much improved but needs to do more when his side are struggling
SUB: Ander Herrera (on for Mata, 74 mins) – 5 Brought on to help shut up shop but couldn't stop the Blues from earning a point
SUB: Andreas Pereira (on for Martial, 83 mins) – N/A Confusion reigned as Mourinho couldn't decide who to substitute late on, but Pereira eventually got involved for a few minutes
SUB: Alexis Sanchez (on for Rashford, 84 mins) – N/A No time to make an impact going forward as United were penned in during the closing stages
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