Chelsea 2‑0 Manchester United as Lisandro Martinez is sent off and United sit 17th

Morgan Rogers and a Cole Palmer penalty beat ten-man United at Stamford Bridge after a goalless first half. Michael Carrick says he will be in charge against Roma on Tuesday; the club has said nothing.

By QMS Newsroom31 Oct 2026, 19:15 GMT2 min read

Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, 31 October. Morgan Rogers scored five minutes into the second half and Cole Palmer added a penalty after Lisandro Martinez was sent off. United have now gone nine games without a win in all competitions.

A good first half

Bruno Fernandes started and wore the captain's armband. Matheus Cunha put the ball in the net around the 34th minute, but it was ruled out for offside. Fernandes, unmarked, fired over, and Amad Diallo was denied twice by Chelsea goalkeeper Mike Penders. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Michael Carrick said afterwards: "I think it was as good as we've played for some time in the first half."

Two bookings in four minutes

In the 50th minute Romeo Lavia won the ball and Rogers scored. No assist was officially credited.

Around the 59th minute, Martinez was booked for pulling Rogers back. In the 63rd minute, VAR picked up his arm on Wesley Fofana in the United box. That brought a second yellow card, a red card and a penalty. Palmer took it in the 64th minute: goalkeeper Senne Lammens got a hand to it, and it went in off the post.

United played the last 28 minutes with ten men. Chelsea committed eight fouls in the match; United committed 20.

The table

United have played nine league games and won one, drawn four and lost four, for seven points. They were 17th after the 3pm kick-offs, once Coventry had beaten Sunderland. Their last league win was 5-2 against Ipswich on 30 August.

Crystal Palace, also on seven points with a game in hand, were playing Tottenham at 17:30 on Saturday. A draw or a win for Palace would put United in the bottom three. The result was not known at the time of writing.

Manchester City lose too

Earlier on Saturday, Manchester City lost 1-0 at home to Brighton, Yasin Ayari scoring in the opening 11 minutes. It was City's second league defeat in a row, after a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa, but they are still top of the table on 21 points.

Carrick and Roma

Asked by TNT Sports whether he expects to be in charge for Tuesday's Champions League game against Roma, Carrick said yes. The club has made no statement. After Roma, United host Aston Villa at Old Trafford next Sunday.