Chelsea: 5 key takeaways from victory over Manchester United

2. Pulisic didn’t even play!

This result is even more impressive when you consider that Chelsea’s best player since the restart by far, Christian Pulisic, didn’t play a single minute.

With a very important game against Liverpool coming up midweek, Lampard rested the young American, who had started every league game but one since the resumption of the Premier League.

Lampard likely expected to have to use him off the bench to bring creativity and pace, but in fact, he wasn’t needed at all. In recent games Pulisic has been electric for Chelsea, providing several match-winning moments and quickly becoming a crucial player for his team.

Instead, Mount played on the left-wing, and he was a creative force, harassing the defence and scoring the second goal for his team to cap off another energetic, influential performance.

The fact that his side were able to pull off such a resounding win without the help of their most in-form player shows how good of a team Chelsea really is.

Not to mention star midfielder N’Golo Kante is out injured, as is Fikayo Tomori. Ruben Loftus-Cheek is not back to full fitness yet, and new signings Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner, potentially among others, are arriving in the summer.

Factor all this into the current Chelsea team, who beat a star-studded United in the form of their lives, and you see a very, very exciting future ahead.