Martial headed home on the stroke of half-time before Maguire followed suit with a superb finish from a corner taken by the outstanding Bruno Fernandes. Fortune and indeed offside decisions were on the Reds’ side when VAR – twice – ruled that goals from Chelsea substitute Kurt Zouma and Olivier Giroud should be disallowed. It was a notable night for Odion Ighalo too who made his United debut and almost marked it with a goal late on.
Solskjaer made three changes to the side that drew with Wolves before the winter break with Eric Bailly, Brandon Williams and Nemanja Matic coming into the side as replacements for Victor Lindelof, Andreas Pereira and Juan Mata.