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No matter what else, the story of any Manchester United match against Chelsea while Jose Mourinho is the manager will always be about Mourinho versus Chelsea. More than that perhaps, it will be Chelsea against the manager best known for managing them, and who brought significant success to each other.
But now Mourinho is in charge of one of Chelsea’s biggest rivals, and he will not be warmly welcomed when he leads Manchester United into Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Especially with United sitting four points and two places in the table ahead of Chelsea, the Blues will be out for blood, eager to close the gap in the standings and prove that they don’t need Mourinho any more.
To that end, they’ll have a significant health advantage in the match, though the absence of N’Golo Kante does rob Chelsea of one of the best midfielders in the world so far this season. Though Manchester United are still without Paul Pogba, and are missing Marouane Fellaini, Michael Carrick, Jesse Lingard, Marcos Rojo, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic on top of that, while Chelsea’s only other absence is a rotational player in Victor Moses.
Match info, plus how to watch on TV and stream
Match Date/Time: Sunday, 11:30 a.m. ET, 4:30 p.m. local
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London, England
TV: NBCSN (U.S. - English), Telemundo (U.S. - Spanish), Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League (U.K.)
Online: NBC Sports Live, NBCSports.com (U.S.), Sky Go (U.K.)
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