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Michael Carrick commented on a 4-0 victory for Manchester United against Sabah. After more than 1000 days away from the Champions League, the Red Devils received a welcoming return to the competition against the Azerbaijani club, who made their debut in the tournament. ·‘I’m happy with tonight’s work’ Matheus Cunha crashed home the first goal of the game in the 27th minute, then Bruno Fernandes and Bryan Mbeumo made the game safe with two further strikes before the end of the first half. Lisandro Martinez made it four on the evening at Old Trafford, and the team returned to winning ways just in time for the next edition of the derby against Manchester City at the end of this week. "It's a good night for us, for many reasons, I think individuals were really good and collectively, as a squad, with players coming onto the pitch, who didn't start the game, doing ever so well in keeping the consistency in performance as a team. “It's important for us and good to be able to change things as the game developed. The clean sheet is a big one for us. We are looking exciting and could have scored more. There are a lot of things to take and I'm happy with tonight's work. "I have to say, if you look at the scoreline from the outside, maybe it looks like one of those nights, but I have to give credit to Sabah. As a team, they were difficult to play against and some of the quality of their football made us work for it, at times. The boys had to do a lot of good things to get the result, as you'd expect in this competition, but it's a fantastic start for us. "It should be [fought for] because we need to base our performances on [capacity for clean sheets.] It's not always possible, sometimes things happen in a game and someone will put one in the top corner from 25 yards. It's one of those things but, all round, we put in a performance to move forward. “We largely played pretty well over the start of the season but haven't had the results. We built on the signs we've already shown and capitalised on the moments we had and that made a difference. “The confidence is there. The way we played at Everton, the confidence was there for large spells, it just took a bit of a hit at the end, in terms of the result. It's always nice to win at home and it's another big one on Sunday."