Manchester United kicked off in a deluge and 17th place, and ended soaked-through and jubilant at a benchmark victory that lifted them to 10th. The win is notable as it can be used as the calling-card performance for the Ruben Amorim project. In the first half 10-man Chelsea were pummelled mercilessly by a United unit that was quicker, stronger, more menacing and just plain better than the Club World Cup winners.
After this, the conditions and Casemiro’s sending-off in added time before the interval evened things up after Robert Sánchez’s own early shower, and the teams levelled each other out.
