Dream Start for Solskjaer as Manchester United Thrash Cardiff City

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer got off to a perfect start as Manchester United's interim coach with a 5-1 thrashing of his former club Cardiff City.

The former Manchester United striker succeeded Jose Mourinho, who lost his role in midweek, and got his first win courtesy of a sublime performance that will encourage Red Devils’ fans as some of their more marginalised talent came to the fore in a performance full of attacking instincts.

Marcus Rashford's opened the party with stunning free-kick, a deflected effort from Ander Herrera and a spectacular team goal by Anthony Martial effectively won the contest before half-time break for a United side inspired by the recalled Paul Pogba, who had a hand in all three first-half goals.

Victor Camarasa's penalty briefly gave Cardiff hope as they reduced the deficit to 2-1, but Jesse Lingard won and converted a contentious second-half penalty and then rounded Neil Etheridge to tap into an empty net to make the result safe.

This is the first time Manchester United have scored five goals in a Premier League match since legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson's last game in charge - a 5-5 draw with West Brom in May 2013.