Paz-inspired Como thumps Manchester United

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The 22 year-old got the ball rolling in the second minute and finished the game with a brace and an assist after a stellar performance.

Tasos Douvikas and Jacobo Ramon were also both on target in the thumping victory, which piled further pressure on Michael Carrick, whose side are now winless in their last seven games in all competitions.

Diogo Dalot passed up a presentable chance with 84 seconds on the clock; having initially miscontrolled the ball, he recovered but bent his shot wide of the far post.

Just 34 seconds later, Como made them pay for that miss. The host side went straight up the other end, and Paz curled a stunning strike into the left side of the net.

United failed to muster a response, and Como finished the half on top. Douvikas had the beating of Matthijs de Ligt – making his first appearance in 325 days – and fired a tight-angled effort at Senne Lammens, who brought the forward down on his next attack, but the offside flag meant no penalty was awarded.

Como picked up where it left off after the break, easily cutting through United's defence in the 49th minute, with Paz laying it off to Douvikas, who profited from a De Ligt stumble to brilliantly lob Lammens.

Things went from bad to worse for United 57 minutes in. Paz pounced on Carlos Baleba's blind pass, and raced down the right to finish into the bottom-left corner.

United's urgency grew after that, with substitute Amad Diallo finding space on the edge of the box to test Jean Butez with a dipping strike that was tipped over the crossbar.

Como soon wrestled back momentum, though, and Ramon finished off a wonderful team move after Kaiki chipped a lovely cross into the box in the 76th minute. 

Joshua Zirkzee netted a late consolation for United, plucking Amad's cross out of the air before scuffing his strike through Butez's legs in the 91st minute.