Como enjoyed a dream Champions League debut as the Italian club trounced RB Leipzig 4-1 at home while six-time winners Bayern Munich opened their group phase campaign with a 5-0 thrashing of Norway's Bodo/Glimt.

Read a full round-up of the rest of this evening’s Champions League action:

Here’s what Michael Carrick had to say about the victory, speaking to TNT Sports.

“It's nice to keep a clean sheet and obviously win the game,” said Carrick. “Some of the football we played was really good, dangerous on transition. I have to give them a lot of credit, they were difficult to play against. The result looks comfortable, it wasn't always like that. We just did a lot of good things tonight, which gave us a good result."

On Kobbie Mainoo: "He's a fantastic player, it's pretty obvious to see. He has a massive influence on our games. He is a real joy to have, he wants to improve, he wants to listen and it is great to see.

"We've got really good players. It's nice to get Mason [Mount] and Andrey [Santos] some minutes. There are some good connections and we have played some good football through the middle of the pitch.

"A lot of it is on wavelength and understanding of where each other wants the ball. Just understanding and developing is something we have done a bit more this season. We haven't had the perfect start but there are really good signs. It's always nice to win the first [Champions League game] one at home."

Truly tragic goalkeeping allowed Lisandro Martinez to make it 4-0 as United cruised to victory

A clever finish by Benjamin Sesko to make it 3-0 to United before half-time

The captain stepped up to make it 2-0 late in the first half

Let’s have a look at United’s goals this evening. Starting with Matheus Cunha’s opener on 27 minutes after some early frustration

Three point with a tidy 4-0 win is a great start to the Champions League for United. But what have they got to come?

Man Utd remaining Champions League fixtures:

• Atletico Madrid (a)
• Como (a)
• Roma (h)
• Sporting (a)
• RB Leipzig (h)
• Bayern Munich (h)
• Villarreal (a)

Unlike many of his players, Michael Carrick has personal experience of the special nights at Old Trafford in the Champions League. This was scarcely one of them, but if Carrick had compiled a list of things he wanted from the evening, this must have ticked nearly every box.

The fixture list made it a low-key comeback to the Champions League but Carrick was able to rest four players ahead of the Manchester derby, take off five more and chalk up a comfortable win.

Read Richard Jolly’s full report:

Benjamin Sesko was interviewed on the pitch by TNT Sports after that win and he was a happy man.

“I think it was perfect for everyone, especially our fans,” said Sesko. “It means a lot to them when they see so many goals.

“It was great for us in general and gives us more motivation for upcoming games. It was definitely a confidence boost here and that’s big. Now it’s important to recover very well and focus on the derby.

“[For my goal], I saw the keeper rushing out, tried to take the ball away from him to make the goal easier and I’m happy to score.

“When everyone can score, its important. Hopefully we’ll have many games where we have lots of different scorers.”

Some final thoughts from Richard Jolly at Old Trafford

“Michael Carrick will have got most of what he wanted from tonight: resting some players, taking others off, seeing Cunha get a first goal of the season and learning about some of his newer players or, in one or two cases, players in a newer role.”