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Here’s Jacob Steinberg’s report from Stamford Bridge.

Here was a moment to symbolise United’s decline under the Glazers and Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Martínez has had a lot to say about those above him recently, but this is a player who should have been sold along. United have too many in that category and it is hard to see a change of manager alone fixing the problem.

“There’s no words I’m going to explain to you now that makes it any different,” he said. “It’s not going to change it. We’ve got to move forward and win matches, it’s as simple as that.”