Alvaro Morata header sinks Manchester United as Everton beat Watford in five-goal thriller
Chelsea move within a point of the Red Devils as beleaguered Toffees escape the relegation zone.
- Alvaro Morata nets stunning second-half header as Jose Mourinho tastes defeat on his latest return to Stamford Bridge
- Result sees fourth-place Chelsea move within one point of Manchester United in second
- Everton halt losing run and claim their first win under caretaker manager David Unsworth at Goodison Park
- Oumar Niasse and Dominic Calvert-Lewin score after Watford take 2-0 lead through Richarlison and Christian Kabasele
- Leighton Baines notches a late penalty before former Toffees midfielder Tom Cleverley misses his own spot-kick at the end of 12 minutes of stoppage time
- Everton's first win since September moves them out of the relegation zone and up to 15th
- Recap: Tottenham 1-0 Crystal Palace, Manchester City 3-1 Arsenal
16.30 GMT Premier League kick-offs
Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United
Everton 3-2 Watford
Everton's maiden win under Unsworth and their first in any competition since September is enough to drag them out of the relegation zone and up to the dizzy heights of 15th.
West Ham drop into the bottom three as they look set to relieve Slaven Bilic of his managerial duties on Monday.
Meanwhile, a third straight defeat under Silva leaves Watford ninth.
That result at Stamford Bridge means fourth-place Chelsea move to within a point of Tottenham and Manchester United. Is the title race effectively over already with City opening up an unassailable-looking eight-point gap at the summit?
The relief on Conte's face was plain to see at the end after a week of further pressure. Interesting to note that he did not shake hands with Mourinho at the end of the game, either.
Morata will also be very pleased to end his run of six matches without a goal.
No goals at the break, but it's been a very watchable opening 45 minutes at Stamford Bridge. Jones' OG was controversially disallowed and Rashford missed United's best chance with a header from close range.
Chelsea dominated possession towards the end of that first half and Christensen might have scored had he kept his eye on the ball.
Conte makes three changes to the team embarrassed in Rome, with Antonio Rudiger and Pedro relegated to the bench and David Luiz surprisingly dropped from the matchday squad altogether.
Andreas Christensen starts, Cesar Azpilicueta moves back into defence and Davide Zappacosta gets the nod at right wing-back. Kante also makes his-long awaited return in midfield.
Drinkwater is a substitute.
Everton vs Watford
Sebastian Prodl and Younes Kaboul are now back in training, although today's game will come too soon for both Watford defenders.
Roberto Pereyra is still missing with a hamstring injury sustained in the entertaining 4-2 defeat by Chelsea a fortnight ago, while Nathaniel Chalobah, Isaac Success, Craig Cathcart and Tommie Hoban are also out.
Captain Troy Deeney accepted an FA charge of violent conduct relating to his ugly clash with Joe Allen during last weekend's 1-0 loss to Stoke and will miss the trip to Everton as well as matches against West Ham and Newcastle after being slapped with a three-game ban.
Everton vs Watford
Everton could be boosted by the return of centre-back Michael Keane, who has missed the last two matches after a gash on his foot originally suffered in September became infected and required hospital treatment.
Cuco Martina also required a hospital visit on Thursday after landing awkwardly in the 3-0 loss to Lyon that saw the Toffees eliminated from the Europa League. He was given the all-clear after x-rays and scans but will be kept out for a couple of weeks as a precaution.
The likes of Wayne Rooney, Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka will all return after being rested in France. However, James McCarthy, Ross Barkley, Ramiro Funes Mori, Seamus Coleman and Yannick Bolasie remain in the treatment room.
Chelsea vs Manchester United
Mourinho was very coy with regards to his own his injury situation during Thursday's rearranged pre-match press conference, yet it emerged yesterday that Marouane Fellaini and Marcos Rojo had both travelled to London. It remains to be seen if they will be deemed fit enough to play, however.
"I have to wait a little bit," the manager said. "Normally, the press conference is a bit later in the week, we still have Friday and Saturday [to come]. I'm not very optimistic, but I don't want to lie. I don't want you to say that I told a lie when I said there's no chance of recovering - so I prefer just to say two more days to confirm my expectation."
Michael Carrick, Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are all likely to miss out once again, while Jesse Lingard was withdrawn at half-time of the midweek Champions League win over Benfica after sustaining a painful blow to the back.
Let's run you through all of the latest team news ahead of these final two matches of the weekend...
Chelsea vs Manchester United
Converted wing-back Victor Moses is definitely still sidelined for Chelsea, although N'Golo Kante is finally expected to return after missing the last six matches with a hamstring injury suffered on international duty with France in Bulgaria.
The French midfielder has trained all week and rumours have abounded that Conte is considering reviving his old title-winning Leicester partnership with summer signing Danny Drinkwater.
Good afternoon and welcome to IBTimes UK's latest live coverage of matchday 11 in the Premier League, the last before we must break again for another round of internationals.
Tottenham vs Crystal Palace is already in the books and leaders Manchester City's clash with Arsenal continues, but here we look ahead to a pair of 16.30 GMT kick-offs headlined by a potentially explosive Bonfire Night showdown between Chelsea and Manchester United.
The return of Jose Mourinho to his old stomping ground will always garner significant attention and there should be more fireworks today as second-place United, winners of three consecutive matches across all competitions, attempt to inflict yet more misery on the defending champions after their 3-0 drubbing by AS Roma in midweek.
However, their poor recent record against Chelsea is well-established - one win in the last 15 away matches and one in the last 13 meetings overall - and the notoriously conservative Mourinho is yet to win a road game against any of last season's top six as United boss.
Things are evidently not harmonious behind the scenes in west London and owner Roman Abramovich visited training earlier this week as the pressure builds on Antonio Conte. Indeed, the Blues have already equalled their tally of home defeats from all of last season and are yet to win back-to-back league games on their own patch this term.
At Goodison Park, rudderless Everton, still under the management of caretaker boss David Unsworth, will desperately hope to avoid losing for the sixth match running as they entertain Watford.
The previously high-flying Hornets have dipped somewhat since a last-gasp win over Arsenal took them up to fourth, suffering successive defeats under Marco Silva for the first time.