Herrera 'cannot sleep' over Manchester United place despite silencing Hazard

The Premier League leaders, 10 points clear at the start of the month, are now just four points ahead of Tottenham with six games to play following a 2-0 loss at Old Trafford.

Latching onto a superb pass from Ander Herrera - the man who would later add a second goal for Jose Mourinho's men - Rashford sprinted past Blues defender David Luiz before continuing into the area and calmly shooting beyond Asmir Begovic and into the corner.

And having announced himself as one of United's most consistent performers, Herrera sought to pay tribute to his manager for giving him the chance to flourish.

Mourinho is then said to have told his team that Michael Carrick will come on to replace Jesse Lingard at this point to restore United's man-to-man marking all over the pitch.

United manager Jose Mourinho has suffered this season against the club where he was a three-time champion, losing 0-4 in the league at Chelsea.

"Nobody will remember this part of the season if I don't perform well at the end".

The Spain global moved to Old Trafford from Athletic Bilbao and has been in and out of the starting line-up when Louis van Gaal was in charge at the club.

But under Van Gaal's replacement Mourinho this campaign Herrera has become one of the first names on the team-sheet, particularly after compatriot Juan Mata went down with injury.

United have struggled to kill off teams, particularly at Old Trafford this season, and that has seen them drop too many points as they struggle to make the top four.

"I think Marcus is a great player", Italy full-back Darmian said. "No-one is going to give us this league, we have to work for it like we have done for the majority of this season". I am happy, but I am not finished yet. I will always be thankful'.

Ander Herrera - detailed to do a brilliant man-marking job on Eden Hazard - saw his shot deflected in off Kurt Zouma four minutes after the break.