Manchester United vs Chelsea: How Jose Mourinho got his mojo back

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Mauricio Pochettino's in-form side face Chelsea at Wembley this weekend in an eagerly anticipated FA Cup semi-final, with the gap between the sides at the top of the Premier League down to four points after Antonio Conte's men were beaten 2-0 at Manchester United on Sunday.

It was the ninth goal of a campaign that has seen the 19-year-old struggle to replicate his remarkable breakthrough, but the forward has retained Mourinho's belief throughout.

But Chelsea failed to have a shot on target in an EPL game for the first time since September 2007, which also came against United at Old Trafford. "The league is open and we have a 50 percent probability to win [the title]".

Chelsea's position is now under the greatest threat since they ascended to the top of the Premier League in December, but Conte - who won three consecutive titles in charge of Juventus - said that he is relishing the challenge.

"On Sunday, he flipped that model on its head".

But they have the ability to cause any opponent problems and with tensions rising at Stamford Bridge, painful memories of last season's 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Saints will be reawakened on a nervy night in West London. "It means the coach was not able to transfer the right concentration, desire, ambition to win this game".

"They are phenomenal in counter-attack".

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Marcus Rashford possesses the ability to become "one of the most important players in the world", according to Manchester United teammate Matteo Darmian.

"Chelsea didn't turn up and where was Conte?" he said to Sky Sports.

"Rashford has made it hard for him to leave him out".

United's collapse in 2011-12 remains the most dramatic, with Sir Alex Ferguson's team failing to win the title despite being eight points clear of Manchester City with six games left to play.

"One is the Europa League and the second is to finish in the top four because I think playing in the Champions League is a very good objective for next season".

But as the fruit of a carefully customised game plan created to nullify the specific threats of a particular opponent, it did not represent a blueprint for future success.

"Man United have to dominate the ball here".

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