Man Utd thrashed Leicester City 5-2 in the Carabao Cup fourth round as Ruud van Nistelrooy made the most of his first - and maybe only - game in charge.
For Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2018, read Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2024. A much-loved former fan favourite returns to lift the gloom at Manchester United with a free-flowing five-star performance. Ruud is at the wheel.
Somewhere in Lisbon, Ruben Amorim would have been a more than interested observer, even if he has to continue to pledge loyalty to a club he is leaving. His Sporting farewell could drag on into the middle of November, but his focus will clearly begin shifting to Old Trafford. This was his first game as United manager and he doesn't know how many more he will get. He is a placeholder until Amorim arrives, so if this was to be his one and only chance to lead a team at Old Trafford, he intented to make the most of it.
The look of shock on Van Nistelrooy's face said it all. He raised both hands to the heavens and then punched the air several times. He knows a finish when he sees one and he was punching the air again when Alejandro Garnacho found the back of the net. It was the type of unexpected blow that would have sunk United in recent weeks, but nothing was going to derail them this time. There were shades of Solskjaer's first game in charge in how quickly a struggling, low-on-confidence side had been turned into an unstoppable attacking force.
That gave the Foxes momentum early in the second half, but United rode out the storm and killed the game off when Caleb Okoli's weak back pass was seized on by Fernandes, who dummied Ward and smashed the ball home from two yards.
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