Michael Carrick praised the "responsibility and discipline" of Cristiano Ronaldo's performance against Villarreal after revealing he had given him licence to play across the front line.
Manchester United scored twice in the final 12 minutes to beat the La Liga side and earn a win in Carrick's first game as caretaker manager, with Ronaldo opening the scoring with a typically cool finish.
Jadon Sancho added a second in the final minute as United secured safe passage to the last-16 of the Champions League and gave Carrick the perfect start.
The caretaker had sprung a surprise when Ronaldo started on the left, a decision taken to allow Anthony Martial to start at centre forward, but the duo swapped positions at times and Carrick was
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