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Solskjaer lauds 'different class' Greenwood as Man Utd blitz AZ Alkmaar

A second-half blitz has helped Manchester United to a 4-0 win over AZ Alkmaar.

The scores were tied at 0-0 before Ashley Young broke the deadlock after 53 minutes.

A double from Mason Greenwood quickly followed, with a penalty from Juan Mata sandwiched in between, making it four goals in 11 minutes for United.

Speaking after the game, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was delighted with his team's second-half performance.

He said: "I told them to be more us [at half-time], be more Man Utd, I know it's difficult for players when you change but in the second-half we just found a rhythm, made more passes forward, more runs forward, were pressing and got our goals."

On Greenwood, Solskjaer added: "He's different class as a finisher, if there's anything around the box you expect him to get a shot off and on target, he's good at creating space for himself and right-foot, left-foot it doesn't matter. I'm very pleased with his performance.

"He's a different type to Wazza [Wayne Rooney] and the good thing about Mason is he is just going to look forward to Sunday. It's natural for him to score goals it doesn't matter what level it is."

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