Young Boys 0-3 Man Utd: Pogba & Martial seal easy win for Mourinho but hosts earn respect

Anthony Martial added to Paul Pogba's brace as Manchester United comfortably brushed aside Young Boys in Bern.

Match Events

16' SAVE! De Gea denies Camara's long shot

It’s a strong right fist which shoots into the air to parry an Ali Camara shot narrowly over the crossbar. The strike was taken from some distance by the centre-back, but it almost managed to sneak its way into the net, just under the woodwork. Instead – it’s a Young Boys corner.

33' SAVE! De Gea stops Fassnacht's shot

Fassnacht nips in and intercepts before charging at De Gea’s goal and taking a wonderful strike which brings out a fantastic save from the keeper who gives Young Boys another corner.

35' GOAL! Young Boys 0-1 Man Utd (Pogba)

1-0 to the Red Devils as Paul Pogba receives the ball on the edge of the penalty area, shifts his weight to open up some room, takes a step into the box and fires a thunderbolt past Von Ballmoos in the Young Boys goal.

The assist from Fred is a wonderful display of awareness, with the midfielder smartly taking the time to look up and send a return pass back to Pogba who makes his shot count. 

44' Penalty Goal! Young Boys 0-2 Man Utd (Pogba)

Shaw hits a first-time cross inside the penalty area which hits the hand of Mbabu – despite the full-back attempting to take his hand out of the way. The referee has given it though, and Pogba has a chance to double United’s advantage. 

It’s a slow, stuttering run-up from the captain but the shot itself is world class. Von Ballmoos does incredibly well to guess the right way and get a hand to it, but the strike is taken with conviction and the necessary height.

66' GOAL! Young Boys 0-3 Man Utd (Martial)

Pogba gallops towards the penalty area and looks to his left where Martial is making a run into the area unmarked.

The winger receives the delivery in-stride and curls the ball around the goalkeeper, but not before the shot takes a deflection which makes the effort unstoppable!

74' CLOSE! Camara's shot inches wide out

The corner evades every head in the penalty area and falls inside the six-yard box for the centre-back who meets the cross with a side-foot volley, but he manages to put his chance well of the post.

Match Report

Paul Pogba scored twice as Manchester United kicked off their Champions League Group H campaign with a 3-0 win over Young Boys on Wednesday. 

Jose Mourinho's side were lucky not to be behind after a sluggish start against the Swiss champions, but World Cup winner Pogba handed them an undeserved lead after 35 minutes with a superb finish from 16 yards. 

He followed that up with a cool penalty as United – who handed a debut to Diogo Dalot at right-back - went into the interval with a two-goal lead.

Pogba then turned provider in the 66th minute, feeding Anthony Martial for his first goal since January 20, as United got their Champions League campaign off to a resounding start.

Line-ups

Young Boys XI: Miralem Sulejmani, Steve Von Bergen, Guillaume Hoarau, L. Benito, Sekou Sanogo, K. Mbabu, R. Assalé, D. von Ballmoos, D. Sow, C. Fassnacht, Mohamed Aly Camara

Subs: M. Wölfli, Thorsten Schick, Jean-Pierre Nsame, L. Bertone, Moumi Nicolas Ngamaleu, U.García, Michel Aebischer

Manchester United XI: N. Matić, David de Gea, Smalling, R. Lukaku, V. Lindelöf, P. Pogba, Fred, L.Shaw, A.Martial, Diogo Dalot, M. Rashford

Subs: A. Young, A.Sánchez, M. Fellaini, Sergio Romero, J.Mata, A.Pereira, Bailly