There are few things more conducive to optimism than beating a direct rival away from home, and United did just that on Saturday night. After a limp return against Leeds, they travelled to Chelsea with half a defence missing, kept a clean sheet, and took a huge stride towards Champions League football. We look back on a composed if hardly dazzling performance, praise another decisive contribution from Bruno Fernandes and a clinical finish from Matheus Cunha, and enjoy Chelsea’s increasingly comic slide towards mid-table irrelevance. There’s also time for some title-race chat, Tottenham’s ongoing collapse, and a glance ahead to Brentford - but for now, United can feel that Europe’s top table is coming firmly into view.

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