Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 at Stamford Bridge: Rogers and Palmer score, Martinez sent off

Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in London on Saturday in the Premier League, in a match decided in the second half after a goalless first half.

Morgan Rogers opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 50th minute from a Romeo Lavia pass, and Cole Palmer added the second from the penalty spot in the 64th minute. The penalty was awarded after the video assistant referee spotted a foul by Lisandro Martinez on Wesley Fofana, and Martinez was shown a second yellow card and sent off.

Manchester United had found the net in the first half through Matheus Cunha in the 34th minute, but the goal was ruled out after a video review. In the second half, the young Brazilian Estevao, making his first league start of the season under head coach Xabi Alonso, scored a third for Chelsea, but it was disallowed for a marginal offside.

The defeat extends Manchester United's run without a win to nine matches, while Chelsea took all three points in front of their home crowd. Alonso made changes in the closing minutes, with Estevao leaving the pitch to a warm ovation and Palmer replaced a few minutes before the end.

Al Majlis Analysis: The match was settled in a quarter of an hour after the break, when Chelsea turned their dominance into two goals, and the sending-off then closed any route back. Strikingly, the video assistant referee was present at every turning point: it ruled out a goal for each side and spotted the foul that led to the penalty. For Chelsea, the win is a boost in the race for the top four and suggests that giving chances to young talent such as Estevao is starting to pay off. Manchester United enter a more pressured period: nine consecutive matches without a win is a run that raises serious questions about discipline and stability before the games ahead.