Como beat Manchester United 4-1

Como beat Manchester United 4-1 at home. The result has increased the pressure on head coach Michael Carrick.

Argentine playmaker Nico Paz opened the scoring with a goal in the 118th second. In the 49th minute he set up Tasos Douvikas's second goal, and in the 57th minute he scored his own second. Jacobo Ramon headed in the fourth goal in the 76th minute. United's only goal came in stoppage time from Joshua Zirkzee, who beat the offside trap to meet Amad Diallo's cross.

The early goal made United the first English side to concede within the first two minutes in two big European matches in a row. Eight days earlier they had also conceded just after the first minute against Atletico Madrid. Como led 1-0 at the end of the first half, and the gap could have been wider. At one point United were in danger of reaching their record European defeat, the 5-0 loss to Sporting in 1964.

At half-time Carrick took off Matheus Cunha and Andrey Santos, who joined for a combined fee of 110 million pounds, and brought on Diallo and Carlos Baleba. Captain Bruno Fernandes made way for Zirkzee in the 67th minute. Matthijs de Ligt, who returned to the pitch after 11 months, was replaced by Harry Amass in the 79th minute.

Goalkeeper Senne Lammens made a save at the foot of the post on the slippery surface and was named the best of the visiting side. Noussair Mazraoui was the player who struggled most: he slipped under pressure, and Como's Alberto Moreno also got the better of Cunha. When United last won the Champions League in 2008, Como were in Serie D.