Ole Gunnar Solskjaer loved playing in front of a first full house in 17 months as much as the exceptional display that sealed Manchester United’s season-opening shellacking of rivals Leeds.

A sell-out 72,732 crowd descended on Old Trafford on Saturday lunchtime and those in attendance, plus the millions watching across the world, will not forget this breathless Premier League clash in a hurry.

United paraded Raphael Varane on the pitch having completed the defender’s signing just before a match in which they ran amok, with Bruno Fernandes’ hat-trick complemented by Mason Greenwood and Fred goals in a 5-1 win.

“It was very difficult for us to recover the ball and it was very difficult for us to create any danger,” he said, with Luke Ayling’s screamer Leeds’ only goal.

“It was for a number of reasons, none of them the high press or the individual performance of a player.”

Bielsa kept England star Kalvin Phillips on the bench after his Euros exertions, meaning Robin Koch started in midfield.

“Phillips is a player who always shines (but) I don’t think it’s a question of individualities as to why we couldn’t play a more balanced game,” he added.

“Like I said at the start it was difficult for us to take the ball off them and difficult for us to create. I liked how [Koch] played.

“I thought he was a dynamic player, he was present, he was willing, committed. He made lots of effort and he had presence throughout the game.”