Interim Boss Ruud van Nistelrooy Enjoys A Winning Start As Man United Trash Leicester City 5-2 In The Fourth-Round Of The Carabao Cup.

Ruud van Nistelrooy enjoyed a massive winning start to his interim spell in charge of Manchester United to reach the League Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday night.

United cruised past Leicester City 5-2 at Old Trafford.

The United legend Van Nistelrooy was entrusted into the role as caretaker manager after the Red Devils sacked Erik ten Hag on Monday morning following a dreadful start to the season.

Van Nistelrooy said in a passionate message before the game that United "can be unstoppable" when "players, staff and supporters pull together" and they did just that by scoring four times in a thrilling first 45 minutes.

 _"Even on an interim basis, it is a great honour to manage the club i love for however long i am asked to do so, i promise to give my all to try and turn around our fortunes."_ said the Dutchman.

Casemiro's stunning effort into the top corner opened the scoring for the Red Devils in the 15th minute courtesy of Alejandro Garnacho's assist.

13 minutes later, Garnacho then turned goalscorer as he swept home Diogo Dalot's low cross to please a jubilant Van Nistelrooy on the touchline.

The Foxes halved the deficit courtesy of Bilal El Khannoussi's thunderous half-volley, which rattled both posts before crossing the line in the 33th minute.

Captain Bruno Fernandes immediately scored his first goal of the season with a deflected free-kick to restore United's two-goal lead in the 36th minute.

Casemiro then grabbed his brace on the night in the 39th minute with a close-range finish after his initial header rebounded off both posts. It was the Brazilians third goal in two games.

In the first-half stoppage time, Conor Coady grabbed another consolation for the visiting Leicester City who refused to back down after capitalising on Dalot's clearance error.

However, United were not to be denied just a second win in nine games.

Fernandes rounded off the scoring when he pounced on a short back-pass to round Danny Ward and fired home United's fifth goal as they advance to the last-eight of the competition.

Meanwhile, Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim have been heavily linked to take over as permanent manager (ten Hag successor) and have agreed to pay a compensation to the Portuguese champions  for the 39-year-old.

According to reports in Portugal, Amorim will remain at Sporting for the next three matches before completing his move during the November international break.

Elsewhere in the Carabao Cup, Arsenal and Liverpool were among the other top sides to book their place in the last eight, but Chelsea were beaten 2-0 at Newcastle United at St. James'Park, and Man City suffered their first defeat of the season as they lost 2-1 at Tottenham.