A sensational Bruno Fernandes performance brought Manchester United their first Premier League win of the season in a 5-2 home win against Ipswich Town.
Despite scoring first, a second-half onslaught from Man United crushed Ipswich’s hopes of a historic away win at Old Trafford.
The dominant win overcomes Man United’s difficult start to the season after their loss to Hull City in gameweek one, with Michael Carrick and his men hoping the performance against Ipswich sets the tone for games to come.
A fantastic, leadership performance
“We’ll take a few more of them [hat-tricks],” Carrick told Sky Sports.
“He showed his quality. Through the middle of the pitch, particularly Youri, Kobbi and Matheus played some really good football.
“Bruno’s done what he’s good at. He’s won awards this week and bounced back from last week. Three goals, fantastic performance.
“We’re not getting carried away. We weren’t overly down last week, everything wasn’t wrong. It was something we can improve on.
“There are still things we can get better at,” Carrick continued.
“The result was great. We haven’t cracked it, there’s a long way to go and we’ll get ready for next week.”
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Not good enough in the end
Speaking about the game and his side’s performance, Ipswich boss Gary O’Neil said: “To beat Manchester United at Old Trafford, you need the moments to go in your favour. They didn’t.
“A couple went against us, and then we weren’t good enough in the end for the last half-hour to get a hold of the game and make it look how it did at the start.
“We lost control of the momentum. That’s the bit we’ll focus on, really, trying to improve that because it can happen.
“People can slip, referees can make decisions, rules can go against you, or there can be a deflection.
“There are lots of things that can happen in a game that are beyond your control.
“It’s then how we respond to that for the last half-hour that we need to get better at.”
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