WELCOME Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of Manchester United's first match under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who took over on an interim basis following the sacking of Jose Mourinho. The Red Devils are away at Cardiff City and team news is on the way.
Premier League / Matchday 18
Cardiff City Stadium / 22.12.2018
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- V. Camarasa(38' PEN)
- M. Rashford(3')
- A. Herrera(29')
- A. Martial(41')
- J. Lingard(57' PEN, 90')
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Updated 22/12/2018 at 19:21 GMT
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90'
And that is full-time.
Thank you so much for joining us today for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first game in charge of Manchester United.
That went about as well as he could have expected.
90'
GOAL! CARDIFF CITY 1-5 MANCHESTER UNITED (JESSE LINGARD)
Simple as you like! Lovely goal as Pogba strolls forward, slips it through to Lingard, who rounds Etheridge and tucks it home.
The first time United have scored five since Sir Alex Ferguson's final game.
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Goal
J. Lingard
Manchester United
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Goals2
Assists1
On target3
Fouls1
89'
De Gea takes a corner strongly and does well to avoid being bundled into the net.
87'
Double change for United as Martial and Matic come off for Pereira and Fellaini.
83'
Final change for Cardiff as this game winds down. Ralls on for Gunnarsson.
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On
J. Ralls
Cardiff City
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Off
A. Gunnarsson
Cardiff City
Yellow Cards1
Fouls5
Fouls against1
79'
One of the easiest yellow cards Oliver will ever have to give as Cunningham hacks down Rashford to halt a United counter.
Speaking of which it's time for Solskjaer's first sub for United as Rashford comes off for Fred.
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Yellow card
G. Cunningham
Cardiff City
Yellow Cards1
Fouls1
Fouls against3
Offsides1
77'
Etheridge comes miles out his goal to head the ball away and then moments later Cunningham's long ball over the top is chased down by Zohore, whose shot goes behind for a corner.
74'
Great ball in and Bamba should really score that but his header goes wide.
73'
Another free-kick to Cardiff as Zohore takes a blow to the back of the head fending off Lindelof. Harris is on for Hoilett.
71'
Another save from Etheridge as he gets down low to gather an effort from Jones.
70'
SAVE!
Ooo that's a strike from Pogba. Picks the ball up just outside the area and curls a fierce dipping shot towards goal. Etheridge does really well to tip it over.
69'
Clumsy tackle from Pogba as he come from behind to try and win the ball. There's no card and from the free-kick Paterson heads over.
65'
SAVE!
First thing De Gea has really had to do except for the penalty. Substitute Zohore cuts it back to Murphy and his shot takes a slight deflection which forces De Gea into a fine save down to his left. United deal with the corner.
63'
Lindelof comes forward and plays it through to Rashford however his shot goes narrowly wide.
Rashford wants a corner but there's nothing doing.
61'
United fly forward again and Cardiff have to block first Martial's shot and then the follow-up from Shaw. United corner as Arter comes off for Zohore.
60'
This has probably been about as good as Solskjaer could have hoped for thus far.
And there's still half an hour left...
57'
GOAL! CARDIFF CITY 1-4 MANCHESTER UNITED (JESSE LINGARD)
Lingard takes the ball off regular taker Pogba but doesn't mess it up as he slams the ball into the corner. A second excellent penalty from this match and now it's a question of how many for United you suspect...
Penalty
J. Lingard
Manchester United
Goals1
Assists1
On target2
Fouls1
55'
PENALTY TO MANCHESTER UNITED!
Lingard weaves through the Cardiff defence and he goes down in the box under pressure from Bamba from behind.
54'
Gunnarsson is down briefly after an incident with Pogba but he's back on his feet and there is no issue between the two.
52'
Again Rashford nearly gets in thanks to a clever ball from Pogba but the Cardiff defence just about holds firm. United have stepped it up already this half and they're threatening.