Man Of The Match: Mesmerising Martial

Anthony Martial has claimed Manchester United's Man of the Match award after an eye-catching display to help the Reds see off CSKA Moscow in style in Russia on Wednesday night.

The Frenchman was the overwhelming winner of the poll conducted on our Twitter account with 85 per cent of the final vote, ahead of Romelu Lukaku (10 per cent) and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (five per cent) who were also nominated by MUTV pundits Ron Atkinson and Lee Sharpe.

Martial was involved in all four of United's goals in the commanding 4-1 victory in the Russian capital, providing a pinpoint cross for Lukaku’s opening goal early on before scoring the second from the penalty spot. He then laid on the third goal for Lukaku before his shot was saved by CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, allowing Mkhitaryan to slot home the fourth of the night.

As well as causing the CSKA defence all kinds of problems with his pace and trickery, the forward took his tally to five goals already this season, just three behind his total for the whole of last season, and certainly impressed Jose Mourinho.

The boss told BT Sport: “He is understanding and appreciating what I want. I think the game also adapted to his qualities, the way we played adapted to his qualities too. He had lots of freedom and lots of support, lots of quality around him too and I’m happy.

“Okay, a goal is always important, even from a penalty, but his contribution was good. It was a pity he couldn’t play for 90 minutes because I was ready to let him on the pitch for the whole game.”