Manchester United opened their Champions League campaign with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Basel at Old Trafford on Tuesday evening.
United, who returned to Europe's elite club competition after a one-year absence after winning the Europa League last season, lost Paul Pogba to injury in the first half but his replacement, Marouane Fellaini, made an instant impact, opening the scoring in the 35th minute.
Romelu Lukaku extended the hosts' advantage in the 53rd minute before substitute Marcus Rashford made the points safe on what was a comfortable night for Jose Mourinho's side.
Player ratings
Man Utd: De Gea (7), Young (8), Smalling (7), Lindelof (6), Blind (7), Matic (7), Pogba (6), Mata (6), Mkhitaryan (7), Martial (7), Lukaku (7).
Subs: Fellaini (8), Lingard (6), Rashford (7).
Basel: Vaclik (7), Suchy (6), Balanta (7), Akanji (6), Lang (6), Zuffi (7), Riveros (6), Xhaka (7), Van Wolfswinkel (5), Steffen (6), Elyounoussi (7).
Subs: Bua (6), Oberlin (6).
Man of the match: Marouane Fellaini
Pogba was handed the captain's armband by Mourinho but his night was cut short in the 19th minute with the Frenchman picking up what looked like a hamstring injury.
Fellaini replaced him and United almost took the lead minutes later when Lukaku drove to the byline before picking out Henrikh Mkhitaryan, whose shot rebounded off the post.
