Chelsea vs Manchester United player ratings: Eden Hazard the star of the show from FA Cup final at Wembley

We run the rule over the two teams

Jack Watson
Saturday 19 May 2018 19:12 BST
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FA Cup final in numbers

Eden Hazard's first half goal from the spot to win the FA Cup gives Chelsea's season some gloss, while Jose Mourinho finishes trophy-less in his second season at Manchester United.

After dominating the opening exchanges, Hazard brought down Cesc Fabregas' wonderful pass and drove into the box. In his wake was Phil Jones who slide in to make a last-ditch tackle but brought down the Chelsea midfielder, who then send David de Gea the wrong way to score from the spot.

After the break Manchester United played with much more purpose and went close through Jones, Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba, but they could not find a way to goal.

VAR was used for the first time in an FA Cup final to confirm that Alexis Sanchez was offside when the flag was raised against him after he tapped in from close range. Thibaut Courtois had saved well from Phil Jones’ header but palmed the ball to Sanchez who put the ball in the back of the net from an offside position.

Here’s how we rated the two teams.

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