It's hard to know where to begin with Chelsea's dismantling of Manchester United today. Oh, wait. No it's actually pretty easy. Let's just try 30 seconds in, for good measure.Today was billed as the first return of The Special One to Stamford Bridge after his legendary flame-out with Chelsea last season. And maybe he thought that he would ride in and steal a game, with his Zlatan-gilded squad of disjointed youth vs experience. But Chelsea had a resounding response to Mourinho: "GTFO."30 seconds. That's how long it took Chelsea to score v. Manchester United. #PLonNBC https://t.co/OCRl92K2IA
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And then, as if Mourinho's ghosts couldn't come out to haunt him any more, Eden Hazard—who had struggled to find his form under Jose's leadership—wanted it to be known that Mourinho's not the boss of him anymore. So he practically carved through half of Manchester United's defense on a one-two that will be tattooed in Chelsea fans's memories for some time now:"It goes from bad to worse for José Mourinho in his return to The Bridge." Chelsea snatch the 2-0 lead #PLonNBC https://t.co/bAToh03Ui2
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Even N'Golo Kante, who hadn't found net all season wanted to get in on the action to properly seal the blow-out:Fancy footwork from Hazard results in #CFC goal #PLonNBC https://t.co/cH5XDPDinD
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Finally, Chelsea knows what it feels like to be on the other side of a Mourinho loss. The table looks pretty nice to them right now too, with MU at No. 7 and Chelsea one point away from No. 1. Blue takes red.Kante scores first #CFC goal in Manchester United blow out #PLonNBC https://t.co/vKRjMVXbQx
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