Chelsea’s loss over the weekend

Chelsea suffered a damaging 2–1 defeat away to Manchester United on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Old Trafford. The match unravelled for the Blues in the early stages when goalkeeper Robert Sánchez was sent off in the fifth minute for a reckless challenge on Bryan Mbeumo, leaving Chelsea to play nearly the entire game with ten men Chelsea FC +3 Reuters +3 TalkSport +3 . Manchester United capitalised swiftly—Bruno Fernandes scored his 100th United goal in the 14th minute, and Casemiro added a second in the 37th Manchester United +2 Reuters +2 . However, United also went down to ten men before half-time as Casemiro was shown a second yellow card, bringing the teams level numerically