Evening all, and welcome to Manchester United v Stoke City!

So thanks for your company - night-night.

So United move back clear in second place thanks to three lovely goals and some decent football too. But Stoke played well in the first half and with better finishing would've made things interesting; they have more than enough to stay up.

Full-time: Manchester United 3-0 Stoke City

Pogba whips it over the bar.

Pogba slips a pass into the path of McTominay, who takes it into his stride and moves it away from Martins Indi who brings him down. Free-kick United, on the edge of the D and dead centre...

There shall be two added minutes.

But he appears again on the left and drags down the side of Bauer, opening his body to guide a nutmeg at goal, but it doesn't have the power to trouble Butland.

Lukaku looks deep and clips a fine pass into the box seeking Pogba's run; Martins Indi does well to flick the ball behind, after which Rashford wastes the corner.

Danny Higginbotham gives Pogba man of the match. Can't be arguing with that; he is a bit special.

Oh wow! Shakqiri clips a ball into the middle, which Diouf controls really well on his chest, escaping Smalling. As it drops, he lashes a shot that De Gea foots back to him, and somehow, with Ireland in the middle waiting for a pass and the keeper on the floor, he drags a miserable effort into the near post side-netting.

Lovely from Pogba, gliding into space and slotting a ball into space for Valencia. His cross is decent, for Rashford at the near post, but he has to back-flick it like Lingard did against Burnley. But he can't get the angle to send it into the far corner, allowing Butland to save.

Incidentally, I'm not judging McTominay, but as yet it's not easy to see what it is that makes him a prospect at this level.

Final change for United: McTominay replaces Mata.

Pogba turns up on the right and chucks some lollipops before finding mata; his cross is blocked behind by Allen, and the corner comes to nowt.

Fellaini and Rashford replace Lingard and Martial. Rashford has still played in every game this season, the only United player of whom that is so.

United are messing about now, looking to score a third but also looking to show off. Pogba crosses, Mata and Lukaku wave feet at it, and the ball hits the far post.

Yes, it does rather look that way.

Mourinho should get Matic, Pogba and Martial off - those are the players he can least afford to lose.