Blues smash United records

Man Utd 1 Chelsea 3

It was an all-too comfortable victory at Old Trafford that extended the gap between these two teams to 20 points and also sent the Premiership records tumbling.

Goals from Tiago, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Joe Cole overturned Ruud van Nistelrooy’s early opener and secured Chelsea’s 29th Premiership victory which took their points tally to 94 - both figures surpassing records set by United during their title-winning pomp. It was also Chelsea’s third win against United this season. And Alex Ferguson thinks that there is little to pick between the two teams.

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