Manchester United sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and announce Michael Carrick as interim manager

The sea change began inside the first four minutes. Manchester United won two corners and forced the first error on Crystal Palace inside their own third. Then in the sixth minute, Scott McTominay's committed interception truly turned the tide.

Cristiano Ronaldo has thanked Michael Carrick after it was announced that he would leave Manchester United on Thursday.

Teenage striker Facundo Pellistri has revealed he wrote to ex-Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskajer, remembering the lessons he taught him, as he arrived under the Norweigan from Uruguay just last year.

Roy Keane has expressed his disappointment in the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and has blasted the Manchester United players as 'not good enough'.

Marcus Rashford has revealed how Ole Gunnar Solskjaer told the Manchester United players of his sacking.

Manchester United legend Steve Bruce has been tipped as a potential option for the job as interim manager at his former club.

Ajax manager Erik ten Hag refused to be drawn on speculation linking him with the vacant Manchester United job.

Manchester United legend, and former teammate of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Peter Schmeichel, has given his thoughts on the club's decision to sack the Norwegian.

Several Manchester City supporters have mocked Manchester United just minutes into their Premier League clash with Everton at the Etihad Stadium this afternoon.

"I always say managers deserve two or three years in a job and that’s not always happened on my watch but Ole can’t complain in a sense that he has been given three years, backed in the transfer market.

On a tactics board in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's office, a list of platitudes were scrawled across the pitch diagrams. They read:

Manchester United are set to sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, with Darren Fletcher poised to take temporary charge.

Manchester United are an absolute shambles, from top to bottom and the 4-1 loss to Watford showed it.

Liverpool fans mocked Manchester United this afternoon during their emphatic win over Arsenal.

Former Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan has told Gary Neville that he would "drag" Ole Gunnar Solskjaer out of his office if he was overseeing a similar run of results at Arsenal.

Ahead of Manchester United's trip to Watford on Saturday, the pressure continues to intensify on United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Manchester United face Watford on Saturday looking to bounce back after a chastening few matches.

Former Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur right-back Alan Hutton has said that Manchester United are in need of an "elite manager" to help "galvanise" the team, amid their recent woes.

"When I was an eight-year-old child living in America, I was just having fun, playing sports. To be honest, soccer never came on our TV at home. I didn’t know that Manchester United even existed," Joshua Gatt says from his home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Should Ole Gunnar Solskjaer still be in charge of Manchester United by the time the January transfer window opens for business, it is likely that the manager will look to add to his squad.