Manchester United v Chelsea player ratings: Casemiro 8, Sancho 7; Fernandez 7, Mudryk 4

A 4-1 win at Old Trafford secures United a top-four place in the Premier League and a return to the Champions League for next season

MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYER RATIINGS: David De Gea – 7. Fortunate that Chelsea’s finishing was so poor in the first half following some excellent football. Saved from Hall. Felix shot past him from distance to ruin another clean sheet. Getty

Aaron Wan Bissaka – 7. Through on goal after 51 but ran into players. Strong going forward. Played well again. Linked up well with Antony before he went off. Reuters

Victor Lindelof – 8. Up against it as Chelsea dominated possession in the first half. Robbed Gallagher of the ball after the break and set up Sancho for an attack. Passed well all night and easily controlled Fofana. His partnership with Varane is an effective one. AFP

Raphael Varane – 8. Rarely tested by a poor Chelsea side and didn’t put a foot wrong, but Felix moved to his side with ease before scoring the Chelsea goal. AP

Luke Shaw – 6. United’s defence had problems in the first half and were much better organised in the second. A shame for Shaw that he went off injured at half time. Getty

Christian Eriksen – 7. Free kick found his midfield foil Casemiro for the opening goal. His vision makes moves happen. Class. Getty

Casemiro – 8. Fantastic header where he used the pace on the ball to head past for his seventh goal of the season. Sublime chipped no-look pass to Sancho to set up the second. Man of the match. Again. AFP

Jadon Sancho – 7. Good feet before losing the ball in a first-half attack. Assisted the second with a smart pass to Martial. Calm. Set Fernandes up after the break. AFP

Bruno Fernandes – 7. Struck the bar just after the break after a lovely move. Won the penalty having been clipped by Fofana, then made the conversion look easy as he tapped it wide of Kepa. Won a loose ball back on 78. PA

Antony – 5. Swung a shot wide on 13 and was United’s main attacking threat in the early part of the game before he went down in agony. Stretchered off injured after 29 minutes. A worrying sight. AFP

Anthony Martial – 6. Poor touch when set up by Antony on 18, although Azpilicueta was coming onto him. Led a 22nd minute break from defence. Got the second at the end of a first half where United hadn’t convinced. AP

SUBS: Marcus Rashford (Antony 29’) – 8. Ran 80 yards with the ball to set up Fernandes who tried to pull the ball back. Moved into the centre when Martial went off and became the first United player to score 30 in a decade. EPA

Tyrell Malacia (Shaw 45’) – 6. Booked. AP

Fred (Eriksen on 70) – 6. Full of energy, as ever. Reuters

Alejandro Garnacho (Martial on 70) – 7. Livewire as ever, his shot was saved by Kepa and hit the bar on 90 minutes. EPA

Scott McTominay (Fernandes on 86) – N/A. Almost scored United’s fifth. PA

CHELSEA PLAYER RATINGS: Kepa Arrizabalaga - 6. Provided a good save to deny Garnacho in the 89th minute. Produced decent saves to deny Rashford and Mctominay in added time. Couldn’t have done more to stop any of the home side’s four goals. Getty

Cesar Azpilicueta - 6. Did well to get in front of Sancho and make a clearance before he could sort out his feet early in the game. Made his experience count as he went toe to toe with Rashford in a foot race and came out victorious in the second half. EPA

Lewis Hall - 7. A contender for the Blues’ best player on the night. Should have had an assist in the fourth minute, but Mudryk failed to apply the finish. Brilliant delivery to find Havertz in the 31st minute. Got caught ball-watching in the build-up to Martial’s goal. AP

Wesley Fofana - 2. Should have done better to stop Casemiro from scoring the opener. Gave away the penalty in the second half after he clipped Fernandes’s heel. At fault for the home side’s fourth as his wayward pass across the face of the penalty area was pounced upon by Fernandes. Getty

Trevoh Chalobah - 4. Had a tough time dealing with the runs of Martial and Rashford into the penalty area. Never looked assured on the ball and gave United forwards too much space and time on the ball. AFP

Enzo Fernandes - 7. Chelsea's best player, as he repeatedly picked out teammates in good positions with precise passes. Played in Gallagher with a brilliant pass through a crowded United penalty area. AP

Conor Gallagher - 6. Excellent first-time pass to find Hall in space in the fourth minute. He had a good chance to bring the away side level on the brink of halftime, but his scuffed effort went wide. EPA

Carney Chukwuemeka - 6. An encouraging performance in Chelsea’s midfield but a lack of cutting edge from the away side’s attackers frustrated his efforts. Getty

Noni Madueke - 5. Can’t be accused of not trying, but it wasn’t the best of outings for Chelsea’s January signing. Tried to make things happen but he looked short of ideas. AP

Mykhailo Mudryk - 4. Another disappointing performance. Missed a glorious chance to open the scoring when he failed to make a proper connection with the ball in the fourth minute. Put De Gea to work with a weak shot just after the restart. EPA

Kai Havertz - 4. Overhit a pass when he could have played Gallagher through on goal in the ninth minute. He should have at least hit the target with his header when he got on the end of Hall’s cross in the 31st minute. AP

SUBS: Joao Felix (Havertz 64') - 7. Denied by a Lindelof block in the 70th minute. Grabbed a consolation goal for the Blues with a well-taken effort from the edge of the penalty area. AFP

Christian Pulisic (Mudryk 64') - 5. Got engaged in a needless scuffle with De Gea a few minutes after coming on. Had two good chances to get on the scoresheet but he couldn’t get his efforts past De Gea. AFP

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chukwuemeka 82') - N/A. Tried to make an impact after coming on, but he lacked the final pass. Reuters

Hakim Ziyech (Madueka 82') - N/A. Provided the assist for Chelsea's consolation with a simple pass infield. AP

David Fofana (Gallagher 82') - N/A. Had a chance to test De Gea just after coming on but failed to get past Lindelof. AFP

Manchester United will be in next season's Champions League after they hammered Chelsea 4-1 on Thursday to secure a top-four finish in the Premier League.

Casemiro, Anthony Martial, Bruno Fernandes from the penalty spot, and Marcus Rashford scored for United, who needed a point from their final two league games to officially end Liverpool's slim hopes of securing a spot in Europe's premier club competition.

Three-time European champions United, who failed to qualify for the Champions League last season, are third on 72 points with one game remaining, six points clear of fifth-place Liverpool.

Fourth-place Newcastle secured a spot among Europe's elite following a goalless draw against Leicester City on Monday. Chelsea, who have struggled all season, are 12th with 43 points.

Erik Ten Hag's side are unbeaten in Premier League action at Old Trafford for 17 games, going back to the opening weekend of the season.

Casemiro scored in the sixth minute with a close-range header off a long free kick. The Brazilian helped set up Martial's goal just before halftime with a no-look chip into the path of Jadon Sancho. Martial was there to slot the ball into the empty net.

Interim manager Frank Lampard's Chelsea side collapsed in the dying minutes. After Fernandes had made it 3-0 with a penalty in the 73rd minute, Rashford returned from a two-game absence to score his 30th goal of the season, cutting the ball around keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.

Joao Felix pulled one back for Chelsea in the 89th minute.

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