Huddersfield bench Ghanaian striker Quaner in defeat at Manchester United, Solskjaer gets first home win as manager

Published on: 27 December 2018

Pogba has scored seven goals for Manchester United this season

Ghana striker Collin Quaner was on the bench for Huddersfield as Paul Pogba scored twice for Manchester United to make it back-to-back wins under caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with a stylish 3-1 victory over the Premier League's bottom side.

Former United striker Solskjaer was appointed last week after the sacking of Jose Mourinho and he followed up the 5-1 thrashing of Cardiff with another win in his first game in charge at Old Trafford.

Nemanja Matic scored the opener, poking in from close range after Victor Lindelof's header was saved by Jonas Lossl with the Huddersfield goalkeeper also keeping out efforts from Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard.

The impressive Pogba added two more for the hosts in the second half, sweeping in a first-time shot from the edge of the box and rocketing another from 30 yards out to settle the contest.

Huddersfield, who slipped to 20th position after seeing Fulham claim a point against Wolves earlier in the day, had plenty of chances of their own but their goal came too late, as Mathias Jorgensen swept home a consolation late on.

Quaner was born in Germany to a Ghanaian father and has stated his desire to play for Ghana instead of the European country.

 

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