Revenge being a dish best served cold, not to mention wet and miserable, this was very near to the perfect afternoon for Jose Mourinho.
He put Manchester United back into the hunt for the Champions League places, and he did so making his old charges at Chelsea look second best.
Eden Hazard was anonymous against Ander Herrera, Pedro rarely threatened, Diego Costa was ineffectual having started too many feuds to play his best game. This was the classic performance of a Mourinho side, all the more impressive because a Thursday night fixture in Brussels had given him so little time to prepare.
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