These are the five things we discovered when Manchester United and Chelsea squared off in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge.

On Thursday night, Manchester United had a terrible start at Stamford Bridge.

Player rankings for Manchester United vs. Chelsea: How did they lose? Alejandro Garnacho and Antony’s strong play is undone by Diogo Dalot’s shoddy defense, as the Red Devils lose in a tҺrilling match

Conor Gallagher gave Chelsea the lead after just five minutes, and the Blues quickly increased their lead to 2-0.

Alejandro Garnacho started United on the path to conquering their mountain.

The score was subsequently leveled in the 38th minute when Bruno Fernandes converted a fantastic cross from Diogo Dalot to make it 2-2.

After after, Garnacho completed the comeback by meeting Antony’s exquisite cross to tie the game at three points.

Chelsea then secured three points in a 4-3 loss to United by scoring twice in extra time.

These are the five things we discovered.

Alejandro Garnacho proves himself as the key man

For United, Alejandro Garnacho, 19, was as effective as he has been all season. After Marcus Rashford was replaced, Garnacho, who had been moved back to the left, scored United’s first goal to begin the comeback. He handled the pressure from the Chelsea defender rather well, beating the goalie with ease. For United’s third goal, he also did a fantastic job of finishing off Antony’s well placed cross.He also assisted in United’s second goal by laying the groundwork for Dalot to cross.He has become this season’s standout player right away.

Antony is finally revealing why he got signed

After a challenging season and a half, Antony has proven why Erik ten Hag was so keen to sign him. He performed a great job of stopping an errand pass from Fernandes in play for the opening goal, which resulted in Moises Caicedo’s mistake. Then he had a few incredible moments, defeating a number of opponents once or twice. His greatest achievement was assisting Garnacho in scoring his second goal. Apart from the boot pass that fell directly into Antony’s path. Antony more than made up for his early penalty error in this game with an incredible performance.

For United, Casemiro appears to be far from his best

Casemiro was one player who appeared completely out of sync throughout the game, struggling to get close to any Chelsea player.

His lack of work rate, along with his poor recovery in transition (he basically jogged), allowed vast openings for Chelsea to exploit.

He was a poor tackler who frequently went to the ground when he shouldn’t have, creating even more room for Chelsea to exploit.

A player who appears to be nearing the end of his United career; time to locate a top-tier replacement.

Erik ten Hag’s defensive wоes worsen

Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof both suffered injuries prior to this game, which was some startling news.

The ambition of playing in the Champions League is gone.

United only had one objective going into this game: to win and maintain their chances of qualifying for the Champions League.

However, United wasted all three points in extra time, with Cole Palmer scoring twice—once from the penalty spot and once via an incredible deflection—proving that this was too much to ask.

It was a fantastic game, but Ten Hag will be incensed that in just two minutes, his team’s amazing work was undone. This will seriously hurt United’s momentum going into their match against Liverpool.

Following the game, the centre-back ιnjury list has been doubled, with both Jonny Evans and Raphael Varane forced off due to injuries.

This leaves Ten Hag with only Harry Maguire and Willy Kambwala, one of whom has lately returned from ιnjury.

Another topic that has to be handled seriously this summer.