Overview

• The goalkeeper was sent off within minutes for a foul on Bryan Mbeumo, triggering an automatic suspension.
• Maresca confirmed Cole Palmer was not fully fit due to a lingering groin issue and was substituted around the 20-minute mark after signaling discomfort and later appearing with an ice pack.
• Chelsea executed three substitutions inside roughly 20 minutes, a sequence OneFootball reported as the fastest of its kind in Premier League history.
• Manchester United led through Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro before the latter was dismissed for a second yellow card, and Trevoh Chalobah’s late header only reduced the deficit.
• Maresca defended his decisions and said he would have preferred conceding early rather than losing a player, with Chelsea turning attention to a Carabao Cup tie on September 23.