Manchester United 4 Newcastle United 1: Paul Pogba and Zlatan return in classy, comfortable win

7:25PM

Full time: Manchester United 4 Newcastle United 1

That could hardly have gone better for Man United. Newcastle were good in the first half hour and took the lead, but the pace and power of Lukaku and Martial, aided by the promptings of Mata, Rashford and Pogba, carved the visitors open time and again. Pogba back, Zlatan back, four goals. It's all good. Match report coming up.

7:20PM

89 mins

Ooh, Zlatan! Matic picks him out, Ibrahimovic tries an acrobatic kick. Saved. Now Zlatan turns provider and stands up a nice cross. Newcastle are under huge pressure. Another cross comes in. Fellaini! Heads it straight at the keeper.

7:18PM

87 mins

Crowd are having a pleasant time, the match is drifting gently towards its inevitable conclusion.

Newcastle fans are still cheering on their lads.

7:13PM

82 mins

Mata off for a well earned rest, Herrera comes on.

7:10PM

80 mins

Zlatan, coming deep to get the ball, is cheered every time he touches it.

7:09PM

78 mins

"I am sure he has got more money than a lot of people," says Robbie Savage of Zlatan. Yes, I would imagine that he probably has.

Shelvey, Newcastle's best player, lashes a drive just wide.

7:07PM

77 mins

Seven months Zlatan has been out. 

Diame on for Dwight Gayle, not quite as exciting.

7:06PM

75 mins

Lukaku, by the way, was mobbed by his teammates after he scored that.

Here comes Zlatan! Martial the man who makes way.

7:05PM

74 mins

All this evening needs for United now is a run-out for the Z Man.

7:02PM

GOAL! Manchester United 4 Newcastle United 1

Oooh, poor Newcastle are getting a pumping here. AWFUL defending from the Mags. Mourinho's men are running rings round them,

Super movement from Lukaku, he's involved in the build up, and he's there to finish it off by smashing the ball joyously into the roof of the net.

7:00PM

69 mins

Paul Pogba, who has been excellent, is withdrawn. Big Marouane comes on.

6:59PM

68 mins

Smalling stretches, fouls Hayden. Sore one but not malicious. Ref plays a good advantage, Murphy cracks the ball at the goal. Tipped over.

6:57PM

67 mins

Old Trafford erupts in applause for Zlatan, who is warming up on the touchline.

6:57PM

66 mins

Matt Ritchie comes off, Rolando Aarons comes on.

6:56PM

65 mins

Shelvey with a powerful run, but then trips over his own feet. The crowd roar with mocking laughter.

6:55PM

63 mins

The work by Man United down the flanks has been exceptional.

This is a proper United side.

6:49PM

58 min

Man United are at it here, the Mags are being torn apart. Lukaku down the left, Rashford is in the centre. A better cross from Romelu and that's four.

6:48PM

57 mins

Corner... and Pogba goes for the spectacular! Overhead effort.

6:45PM

GOAL! Man United 3 Newcastle United 1

That is a lovely bit of play from Rashford. Lukaku tears down the right, he crosses and Rashford produces a cushioned header. Right into the path of the late-arriving Pogba, and that's a tap in for him.

6:43PM

51 mins

6:41PM

50 mins

Man United looking pretty boss right now. Martial dangerous down that left, crosses but cannot find a man.

6:38PM

47 mins

Delightful play from Man United. Pogba with an incisive ball forward, Rashford with a cute flick on, Lukaku within a yard of being in.

6:36PM

46 mins

Can Newcastle get back into this? No changes at the half time.

6:22PM

Half time: Manchester United 2 Newcastle United 1

Enjoyable half. Newcastle gave a really good account of themselves for half an hour but have been undone by two simple, similar moves: cross, header. They need to mark up better.

6:21PM

45 mins

Benitez looks thoroughly sick on the touchline. Very annoying time to concede. 

But now a chance for Newcastle. Hayden is played through by Ritchie. He tries to open his body and curl it around De Gea but he hits it straight at the keeper. It rebounds out. Drilled back in by Ritchie and it hits Gayle. Could have gone anywhere, could have gone in. It didn't, and that is the half.

6:17PM

GOAL! Manchester United 2 Newcastle United 1

It's a superb ball into the box, Smalling has stayed forward from a corner. Lovely delivery from Young, Smalling gets up well at the back stick, and he has nodded the hosts ahead on the stroke of half time.

6:16PM

44 mins

Clark marshalling the defence pretty well. Heads clear. Oooh but he has got away with one there: the ball is played in for Lukaku, Clark is apparently helping him to get undressed.

"You can see the shirt lifted up, the arm around the neck, that should be a penalty," says G Poll.

6:14PM

42 mins

Schoolboy stuff from Young and Mata as they fail to play to the whistle, Murphy picks their pockets. 

Soon after, Shelvey crunches a strike at goal.

6:13PM

41 mins

Joselu nearly causes a calamity when he heads over his own crossbar.

6:10PM

39 mins

The insanely quick Yedlin sets up a chance through his pace and direct running.

6:08PM

GOAL! MAN UNITED EQUALISE

and it is down to some individual brilliance from Paul Pogba. He gets the ball, he twists and he turns, he does superbly to keep it, and now he stands the ball up perfectly for Martial to head it home. Excellent play.

6:06PM

34 mins

Newcastle keeper Elliot clattered by his colleague Manquillo. Needs treatment.

6:04PM

32 mins

Martial down the left, playing it into the box aerially for, erm, Mata. Not the right target man, surely?

6:03PM

31 mins

Pogba has fouled Hayden. Shelvey delivers in a freekick. Valencia clears.

6:02PM

29 mins

Rashford, good work down the right, wins a corner. Delivers it. Newcastle cannot really clear. Man United turning the screw, they have the visitors on the rack here.

Shelvey's having a good match.

6:01PM

25 mins

Lukaku has headed over.

Should he have done better? Mourinho, head in hands, clearly thinks so. 

5:54PM

21 mins

Another good move from Newcastle. Cross comes in, Dwight Gayle attacks the ball. Ritchie goes for the follow up and clatters his teammate. Oof. He's okay to carry on.

5:52PM

20 mins

Rashford has a crack from 20 yards, cutting in from the left.

5:50PM

18 mins

Man United are having a shocker at the back. Young and Smalling are playing like they've never met each other before. They're opened up all too easily by a through ball here. Shelvey the surgeon, and it's Murphy who has the shot. It rolls agonisingly wide of the post.

5:48PM

Lovely stuff from my friend Nick

5:47PM

15 mins

MUFC look to hit back and have a corner. Not properly cleared. Here is Mata with a chance to cross. Hayden heads behind. Another corner. Rashford shoots from the edge of the area. Wide.

Neither Rashers nor Martial have made any impression at all.

5:45PM

GOAL! Newcastle United!

This Lindelof is all over the shop! Newcastle's speedy Yedlin tears down the right, low cross, Lindelof slips over and there's Gayle to slot the ball into the corner.

Newcastle had FOUR men in the box, God alone knows where the Man United central defence was!

5:42PM

12 mins

Hayden has been putting it about, he's chopped down the breaking Mata and can have no complaints about his receipt of the game's first yellow card.

5:41PM

10 mins

Newcastle have had their first attempt. 

Clark might have done better with the header from that corner.

5:38PM

7 mins

We have our first chance! Valencia motors down the right, he crosses low. Lukaku! Does not hit the target.

5:37PM

5 mins

United are playing with a back four. Pogba and Hayden go for the ball, the latter treads on the toe of the former. Ouch. Talking of pain, Mata does not seem to be moving too well. Manquillo clatters Rashford.

5:34PM

3 mins

Shelvey has a chance to play a freekick into the box, Lukaku does some defensive work and heads clear. Lindelof seems to be wandering a bit. This is his first PL start.

5:32PM

2 mins

Headers. Lots of headers. Too casual from De Gea, plays Lindelof into trouble. He has to hack it out.

5:31PM

1 mins

Newcastle kick off and spray the ball out to the left wing. It's out of play.

5:30PM

Formidable MUFC team

Pogba and Matic in the engine room, Mata creating, and then that quick, powerful and exciting front three of Martial, Rashford and Lukaku. Newcastle have their work cut out.

5:26PM

Players are in the tunnel

Let's play ball!

4:46PM

Rafa Benitez on his Mourinho feud

However, asked if he is older and wiser now, Benitez said: "I think so. Older - that is obvious - and a lot calmer and more relaxed, because you have more experience.

"You know what's important. The main thing is the players. You have to concentrate on that. You have to be sure you get the best from your players."

He said: "As a manager, you have to make decisions to leave players in the stands or say something that you think is good for your team.

"Normally, I try to be respectful to everyone and do the best for my team."

4:37PM

And of course Paul Pogba

is in the Manchester United XI for the first time since Basel on September 12th.

4:36PM

Zlatan on the bench

What a tremendous boost that is for United, and dare I say it, for the League as a whole.

4:34PM

And here are the teams for our 5.30pm kick off

Man Utd: de Gea, Valencia, Lindelof, Smalling, Young, Pogba, Matic, Rashford, Mata, Martial, Lukaku. Subs: Rojo, Ibrahimovic,  Lingard, Romero, Ander Herrera, Shaw, Fellaini. 

Newcastle: Elliot, Yedlin, Clark, Lejeune, Manquillo, Ritchie,  Hayden, Shelvey, Murphy, Gayle, Joselu. Subs: Diame, Aarons,  Perez, Mbemba, Darlow, Jesus Gamez, Mitrovic. 

Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)

4:26PM

Good afternoon

Tyers here. welcome to our live blog of Manchester United versus Newcastle United. Rafa Benitez's men have been doing reasonably well but there is some cause for concern with their recent form: they have lost three and drawn two of their last six matches. The black and white colours were lowered by such middling opponents as Brighton, Burnley and Bournemouth, three matches that Rafa would surely have targeted as winnable. They travel to Old Trafford more in hope than in expectation.

As for the hosts, they are having to look across the city at the noisy neighbours and they must be thinking "how can we stay in touch?" Injuries have been a big worry for Jose Mourinho, who this week expressed irritation that Phil Jones had come from England duty busted. Mourinho was annoyed that England used Jones even though he had an existing thigh problem.

"For me the stranger thing with Phil Jones is that I have been a manager since 2000 and in 17 years as a manager I don't have one single player that had injections of anaesthetic to play a friendly," he said.

"Never. Never. I am not an angel and I had players be injected to play official matches, crucial matches, but a friendly? To get six local anaesthetic injections to play a friendly, I've never heard of that. But Phil Jones had it and had it before the match and after 15 minutes he was out and he is out (against Newcastle on Saturday)."

Asked if he had taken the matter up with Southgate, Mourinho added: "No, no, no. I am just telling a fact. He was injected in the afternoon of the match, he didn't feel good during the warm-up. Between the warm-up and the start of the match he had five more local injections to play the friendly. I have nothing more to say."