Man-of-the-match Paul Pogba scored twice as Manchester United beat Bournemouth 4-1 at Old Trafford to maintain Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's 100 per cent start as caretaker manager
Pogba had United ahead on five minutes, finishing off from close range after magnificent skill by Marcus Rashford, and he added a second on 33 minutes, heading home a wicked Ander Herrera cross ahead of Asmir Begovic
Rashford got in on the act with a deft touch on the stretch from Anthony Martial's brilliant lofted pass (45), but United failed to keep a clean sheet for the eighth straight game as Nathan Ake's header made it 3-1 (45+2)
Romelu Lukaku scored two minutes after being introduced (72), converting Pogba's lifted pass, but Eric Bailly was dismissed for a rash challenge on Ryan Fraser (79)
The result means United are now eight points off fourth place in the Premier League following their third straight win under Solskjaer, while Bournemouth are 12th
Having scored eight in their previous two games, there was a confident air around Old Trafford, and it did not take long for United to get going again
 In a tight situation near the right corner flag, Rashford skilfully flicked past Ake then Diego Rico before getting into the area to square for Pogba to slide home from six yards
Rashford then nearly had a goal for himself as his half-volley deflected off Ake's face and whistled wide, while at the other end Ake himself saw a close-range header from a corner deflect goalwards off Herrera, only for David de Gea to produce a reflex save
Just as Bournemouth looked to be finding their feet, Pogba struck again
 Latching onto Herrera's fine, curling cross, the Frenchman piled in to head on the stretch as Begovic struggled to punch clear
Pogba has now scored four goals in his last two Premier League appearances under Solskjaer, as many as he had in his previous 20 under Jose Mourinho
It was 3-0 just before the break as Rashford arrived between defenders at the far post to slide home Martial's superb ball from the right with the outside of his boot, but there was still time for Ake to pull a goal back before half-time with a near-post header from David Brooks' lifted cross
The tempo slowed slightly after half time, with Rashford's effort blocked by Begovic at his feet, until Lukaku's introduction on 70 minutes
Letting the ball run across his body as he got on the end of Pogba's through ball, the Belgian poked past Begovic from 15 yards for a much-needed goal, just his third in 18 appearances
Pogba then hit the bottom of the left-hand post from 20 yards via a stunning touch from Begovic, before Bailly found himself in trouble, sent off by Lee Mason for a nasty scissor challenge on Fraser
All eyes were on Pogba yet again as the post-Mourinho era looked to be favouring him most, and as Jamie Carragher said after his second goal: "I hope Jose isn't watching!"Pogba was dominant on Sunday, gliding through midfield on the ball and working back well without it
 He had more shots (five), key passes (three), touches (99), opposition half passes (61) and won possession more times than any of his team-mates
As the Frenchman admitted himself after the game, there is still work to do
 Pogba now must prove he is a superstar against top-six opposition
: "First half, you go out attack the game, high tempo, high energy, win the ball back, but the response from their goal was great
 Second half was excellent, managing the game so much better than we did against Huddersfield for example
"You always look for improvements, we're looking for that clean sheet, we can't switch off for one second, in this league
 But I have to say it's a very, very good performance
 Crowd was enjoying it, but then again Newcastle, the next one, is a challenge
 A different kind of test
": "Tough game
 Disappointing performance from us
 We weren't every quite right in the game I felt, we conceded early and it was very difficult from that moment onwards
"Technically and defensively below the usual level, hence we got punished
""It's a big ask but of course United can challenge [for top four]
 The last thing Chelsea and Arsenal wanted to see was this kind of United again because they are free-flowing and full of confidence and have got a lot of good players
 They are right in the equation for the top four
 Chelsea are of course hot favourites still but United can do it
"Manchester United now go to Newcastle on Wednesday night at 8pm, live on Sky Sports Premier League, while Bournemouth host Watford on the same evening at 7
45pm
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