Leeds United

Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa: "It was a fair defeat. It could have been by more goals or less goals. Their goals arrived when we deserved to score and this left us trailing to get back into the game.

"The decisions that the referee takes, I don't analyse them, not for VAR either. Sometimes goals are linked to what the opponents do not want to do.

"How could it (conceding goals) not worry me?

"It is not a question of training more, apart from that the international break does not help us train because most of our players are away.

"Jamie Shackleton picked up a muscular problem in training on Friday and Pablo Hernandez has no injury, just was not picked for this game."

Oliver: This Chelsea team is not set up right and will lose today unless Frank changes it. Mount is too deep. Werner is too wide. It's not well balanced

RE Luke [17:57] - Luke is in cloud cuckoo land if he believes games against Sevilla in the Champions League, then Man U and Burnley away constitutes an 'easy run of games'.

German Bundesliga

Plenty of late drama in the first half of Der Klassiker - dive in here and see what's going down between Bayern and Dortmund...

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson to BBC: "We played very well. You know the imagery and effort when you play this Leeds team, you know they won't give up and will run after every hopeless case. It was important we had the tactical discipline that we had and important we played as well on the ball as we did. We took those opportunities well and were very good value for those four goals.

"I thought the attacking was measured from both teams. I think they would have wanted to flood our defence more but that was stopped by the work rate of our forwards. When they did get wide, we got out very quickly to stop their crosses. We knew if we could defend then when we got the ball, as long as we showed some composure, we would have space to play."

On Eberechi Eze's goal: "They love to spend a lot of time after the game practising free-kicks but it was a wonderful goal. It put us 2-0 up and should have given us a platform to reach at half time. We did concede unfortunately. But we know that wins are hard to come by and when you get one you have to be happy with that success then come down to earth quick enough so you start from 0 the next time you take to the field."

On Patrick Bamford's goal being ruled out: "I think you're asking the wrong man. I think in the last few games we've had goals ruled out by fine margins and a player unjustly sent off. I'm afraid you're speaking to the wrong man if you want sympathy for VAR. The amount of time your programme would give me would never be long enough for me to talk about VAR, let me tell you."

Nope it's not.

Chelsea started shoddily and fell behind but then were very good to be honest.

United ending the half with a mammoth spell of possession but is it leading anywhere?

Oooohhhhhh that's a bit dodgy! Chelsea look messy while defending a corner again as this time a cross whizzes through the goalmouth and new keeper Edouard Mendy flaps at it a bit. He then has to save a shot from John Lundstram. A test.

Nearly three! A corner is not dealt with, Tammy Abraham wins the second ball and nods it on and Ben Chilwell is able to volley toward goal through a crowd.

Aaron Ramsdale won't have seen that until late and gets down smartly to make a good one-handed save.

It was Hakim Ziyech's pass that picked out Ben Chilwell, the signing from Ajax is growing in influence per game. John Egan now goes into the book fro hauling down Timo Werner.

Chelsea well on top.

How has that stayed out?!

Timo Werner gets on the end of a penalty area scramble and lashes a shot against the bar and out...

Only against Wolves (6) and Nottingham Forest (5) has Tammy Abraham scored more English league goals than he has v Sheffield United (4 in 4).

Mateo Kovacic pops up in that right channel again but can't pick out a team-mate this time.

Chelsea having a good spell now, with N'Golo Kante sitting there's a lot of licence for the five players in advance of him to move around and rotate. Hard to cover.

Dimos: If there ever was a game that fit Giroud upfront it’s this one tonight. As an Arsenal fan I’d take him back by the way , add that plan-B option.

Luke: Chelsea and Mendy have had a very easy run of games. Clean sheets would be expected as a minimum for top sides, was nothing to get excited about in the first instance. It was always a myth Chelsea could still defend.

Good strike! Max Lowe, playing at left wing-back for the Blades tonight, rifles in a dipping shot from 25 yards but it's pretty much bang at Edouard Mendy.

United knocking the ball around nicely but they haven't threatened since taking the lead. They won't want to sit back too deep against this Chelsea side.

David McGoldrick's opener was the first goal Chelsea have conceded in all competitions in 459 minutes, since Jannick Vestergaard's 90th minute equaliser for Southampton in October.

Almost two Gone with the Winds, if you like. Or about half as long as the first TransAtlantic flight.

Jonathan Pearce has already given precise instructions on how to pronounce two of the starting players' names correctly and we're only 17 minutes in. Could be a long night.

Dennis: Mendy finally concedes. Get in Blades!

Ben: Wow. Did not expect that.