Sir Alex Ferguson's side blew Chelsea away thanks to three goals in the first half from Chris Smalling, Nani and Wayne Rooney.Fernando Torres reduced the deficit soon after halftime with only his second goal for Chelsea, but later missed an open goal and United could have won by a greater margin as Rooney wasted a second half penalty.
United's victory equalled a club record of 18 consecutive home wins and moved them two points clear of second placed Manchester City at the top of the table and five ahead of third placed Chelsea.
It was Chelsea's first loss under new boss Andre Villas-Boas, who tasted defeat in a league game for the first time since April 2010 when Benfica beat his Academica de Coimbra team.
"Some of our football was fantastic but we were very careless at times. We did ok when we got the ball to Young and Nani. They couldn't cope with that," Ferguson said.
"But they kept at us and we created problems for ourselves by giving the ball away so many times."
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