What He played yesterday shows He was the reason why the board me,When I was there He was playing against me,Now all of the sudden He is now winning the Man of the match this shows He didn’t wish me well when I was there”, Erik Ten Hag reveals the ONE Man United player that was behind His sack – Not Casemiro and not Rashford

Fernandes, who netted a deflected free-kick prior to the interval, scored United’s fifth goal of the evening to put the contest beyond doubt with 59 minutes on the clock, smashing the ball home from close range after rounding goalkeeper Danny Ward.

And for Dalot, who claimed the assist for Garnacho to score United’s second goal of the night, he and his teammates expressed a feeling of determination inside the final third to ensure they made a winning start to life under Van Nistelrooy.

“I think it was the message that we wanted to send after a defeat and a tough week,” Dalot told MUTV. “That was the minimum that we could show for ourselves and for our fans.

“I think they enjoyed tonight and we did as well. We scored a lot of goals, some good goals, and it was a good night at Old Trafford.”

Dalot, who was guilty of squandering a golden opportunity in United’s 2-1 defeat to West Ham United last Sunday, knows that wasted chances have been the story of United’s campaign so far

He continued: “I think that summarised a little bit of this season. We were creating enough to score and win games; the difference was we probably had a little bit more determination inside the final third, believing that we were going to score.

“I think there was confidence that we were going to score. Today, I think Cas’ goal breaks a little bit of that.

“We scored some good goals and overall it was a good match. We still had two goals that we conceded that we should avoid, but overall it was a good night for us and we are though.”