Yesterday’s game was a painful watch — the chasm in quality looked as big as the points difference between ourselves and City. And the final Champions League place is slipping further out of reach with every game.

Manchester United’s Romelu Lukaku returns to Stamford Bridge tomorrow, where his Chelsea dream was effectively ended by the impossibility of competing with Jose Mourinho’s ‘untouchables’, with every right to believe that the tables have now been well and truly turned.

Romelu Lukaku is determined to make history with Manchester United and help Jose Mourinho "rebuild the club".

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte insists he has “zero problem” with Jose Mourinho.

JOSE Mourinho has found his new Didier Drogba. Even if Manchester United didn’t deserve this victory, on the balance of play, the dream now is that Zlatan Ibrahimovic has only just started his trophy collection at Old Trafford.

Winning the FA Cup was meant to be the moment Manchester became united again; so following it up with a move to bring in Jose Mourinho is a gamble that could just as easily jeopardise that mission as achieve it.

In the past seven days we have seen the very best and the very worst that this team has to offer. 

Leaving the ground on Saturday, I could almost pretend these last nine months hadn’t happened.

A foundation set up by former Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba to help poor communities in the Ivory Coast is to be investigated by the charities watchdog.

The loss at Everton had the feeling of a game too far for the fans. The air of resignation which had met many of the losses this season was replaced by anger.

Jose Mourinho has gone but in truth, little has changed on the pitch. We may be unbeaten but we’re not winning many either, and this run has only seen us go up a measly three places in the Premier League.

When Roman sacked Mourinho, he effectively took a gamble, a big gamble. He gambled on the team rediscovering their form once that big, bad bully Jose had gone. 

Saturday was always going to be weird. Anger was the predominant emotion from the majority of fans, but how to demonstrate that? 

Chelsea 3 Sunderland 1: Guus Hiddink will begin work at Chelsea’s plush Surrey training ground this morning with one of the biggest clubs in world football and an equally huge task in turning around their fortunes.

Jose Mourinho has refused to rule out Diego Costa returning to Atletico Madrid, but maintains the striker is happy at Chelsea.

Everton manager Roberto Martinez is not content with receiving plaudits for the style of his football and will continue to strive for perfection ahead of Crystal Palace’s visit tonight (8pm, live on Sky Sports 1).

I LOVE beating Arsenal. I absolutely LOVE IT. They just take it SO badly — it’s always somebody else’s fault, they’ve always been swindled, it’s not fair, they’re the Corinthians of the English game dontcha know. There are toys scattered all around North London.

TALK about splitting opinion. Chelsea’s Diego Costa was the key man in a pivotal London derby that has effectively kick-started Chelsea’s season and all but ended Arsenal’s. But he received as much criticism as he did praise afterwards and could today discover if he faces FA disciplinary action.

City looked immense. They were physical, skilful, pacey and on their game in every position.

Frank Lampard is heading to the United States expecting his old clubs to remain as the Premier League’s top two.

Chelsea 3 Sunderland 1: John Terry lifted the Premier League trophy after a campaign when Chelsea led from the front almost from day one.

As I watched John Terry hold that Premier League trophy aloft it struck me how lucky we have been as fans in the last 10 years — not in terms of success — that goes without saying, but more in terms of the players that we have had the privilege of calling our own.

Didier Drogba has announced that this afternoon’s home clash with Sunderland will be his last for the Barclays Premier League champions but he hopes to return to the club in some capacity in the future.

After a week in which the general election was the only topic of conversation in England, the red flag is still flying at half-mast for Liverpool despite a hard-earned point against the blues of Chelsea who have already won the Premier League by a huge majority.

Premier League champions Chelsea made five changes for the visit of Liverpool, with 19-year-old midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek given a first start.

Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor has made a string of accusations against his family, who he claims are using him for money. 

Didier Drogba admitted manager Jose Mourinho’s half-time pep talk inspired Chelsea to put one hand on the Barclays Premier League title.

Leicester 1 Chelsea 3: Efficient Chelsea moved to the brink of the Barclays Premier League title after they came from behind to beat gutsy Leicester 3-1.

Jose Mourinho says he is the supreme leader at Chelsea.

As the final few seconds ticked by at the Emirates the Arsenal fans sang “boring, boring Chelsea” — oh the irony. 

Many more 90 minutes spent tearing my hair out, like in Sunday’s game against Chelsea, and I’ll be bald as a coot long before my time. 

Captain Wayne Rooney starts in central midfield in an injury-depleted Manchester United side at Premier League leaders Chelsea.

It was not pretty. It was painful to watch. In fact I think we are getting progressively worse week on week — 87 minutes without one shot on target tells its own story. 

Eden Hazard is without equal in the Premier League this season and the clear player of the year, according to Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.

Chelsea 2 Stoke City 1: Nothing is certain in life except death and taxes, according to Benjamin Franklin, but if the American were alive today he might add Jose Mourinho’s third Premier League title to that list.

Striker Diego Costa has been replaced by Loic Remy up front as Premier League leaders Chelsea make three changes for the visit of Stoke.

At this late stage in the saga, it hardly required official confirmation that the trail had gone cold but, yes, just for the record, Martin O’Neill did concede yesterday that Irish interest in Harry Kane is definitively over.

Check out the starting line-ups for all of tonight's matches.

Chelsea 1 Burnley 1: Sometimes, it is best to count to 10 and walk away, Jose.

The team news for tonight's Premier League games.

Our manager continued his war with the media this week by doing his best surly teenager impression.

Team news for the 3pm Premier League games

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 24 in the Premier League.

Cesc Fabregas and Filipe Luis joined the suspended Diego Costa in missing Chelsea’s top of the Premier League clash at home to Manchester City.

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“When you lose, you have to focus immediately on the next game."

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge could be back in contention for the second leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final against Chelsea on Tuesday.