PREM: Manchester United 3-1 Huddersfield
Paul Pogba scored a second-half double
Paul Pogba scored a second-half double to earn Manchester United a 3-1 win over Huddersfield in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first home game as interim manager.
United laboured early on but got their breakthrough in the 28th minute with Nemanja Matic stabbing home his first league goal since March to settle the nerves around Old Trafford.
Huddersfield pressed for a leveller in the second half, with Laurent Depoitre denied by a brilliant save from David de Gea, and that save proved decisive as Pogba stroked in United's second in the 64th minute, before making sure of the win 12 minutes from time from distance.
Mathias Jorgensen's 88th-minute goal was a mere consolation as Huddersfield slipped to a sixth successive defeat, while Solskjaer has now overseen back-to-back wins since taking over from Jose Mourinho.
With Anthony Martial missing through illness, United struggled to find any rhythm early on and could have found themselves behind in just the 12th minute, but Terence Kongolo blazed over from close range.
Huddersfield were looking comfortable at the back, with United not really putting them under a great deal of pressure before, out of nowhere, Matic converted at the far post to break the deadlock after Victor Lindelof's header had been saved.
Chants of "Ole, Ole, Ole" came booming down from the Stretford End in the direction of the jubilant United interim boss, whose mood could have been improved yet further had Diogo Dalot scored from a good position, after being brilliantly picked out by Marcus Rashford, but the young full-back side-footed wide.
Huddersfield came out with added impetus in the second half, and came within a whisker of a leveller through Depoitre, who flicked for the top corner, but De Gea flung himself across goal before clawing the ball out.
That save proved to be a wake-up call for United, and two minutes later they doubled their lead. Rashford did well down the right, cut the ball back for Juan Mata, who burst into the middle before laying it off for Ander Herrera, who poked the ball across for Pogba to find the net from just inside the penalty area.
That goal all-but ended Huddersfield's resistance, with Pogba adding his second to make sure of the win, firing a strike in at the near post to give United some breathing space and ensure the rest of the match was time for United to enjoy themselves.
Jorgensen's late goal after reacting quickest to Steve Mounie's knockdown ruined De Gea's hopes of a rare clean sheet, but a second win in a row for Solskjaer remained intact nonetheless.