3 reasons why Manchester United drew with Chelsea

#1 Manchester United's golden boys - Martial and Rashford

The sheer mobility that Martial and Rashford gives this United side should be reason enough for them to be entrusted with a run of games. Alexis Sanchez seems to not be able to get back to his best and for the while that he is underperforming, United should trust in Martial and Rashford.

Anthony Martial is at it again. He has been given a steady run of games and he has been scoring goals for fun again. This lad has a lot of goals in him and he'll prove to be United's golden weapon if Mourinho keeps him in the starting XI. It was great to see Mourinho hugging Martial at the touchline and Martial breaking the record for the widest grin he has ever produced.

Marcus Rashford was occasionally erratic but it was his vision to pick out Martial at the edge of the area, when the obvious choice would have been Lukaku, that helped United come back from behind and pick up the lead for the second Premier League game in a row.

Martial and Rashford offer blistering pace on either side of Lukaku and their directness makes Manchester United a threat and then some on the counter.

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