Varane savours 'amazing' atmosphere and welcomes 'warrior' Casemiro to Old Trafford

Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford fired Manchester United to a memorable first win under Erik ten Hag as bitter rivals Liverpool were beaten 2-1 on a night of protests against the Glazer family.

It was United's first league win of the campaign, after defeats to Brighton and Brentford left them bottom of the table for the first time in 30 years.

Raphael Varane was preferred in defence ahead of captain Harry Maguire, with the Frenchman enjoying one of his best performances in a United shirt.

We spoke to French international in the mixed zone after the match at Old Trafford to get his thoughts.

Was tonight your best moment since you signed for Manchester United?

"Yes, I really enjoyed it on the pitch tonight - the atmosphere, the spirit of the team.

I came to England to feel these emotions after everything I left in Madrid, and this feeling was amazing. Absolutely amazing. The crowd, the fans and the fight on the pitch was amazing. Absolutely. I enjoyed it.”

There's been a lot of talk about what happened at Brentford but that was some reaction against a team that are considered one of the best in the world

“Yeah, we know the potential of the team. But tonight we really needed a proud reaction in front of our fans. It was absolutely necessary. I hope it's the real starting of the season [for us] because the two first games the mentality was not good enough. We had to fight like we fight tonight. We know what we can do but we did it tonight and I hope we keep pushing like this.”

You started the first two games on the bench. Could you pinpoint and see during those games what was wrong with the mentality?

“It's difficult to explain why but we didn't start the games with the same intensity, with the same fighting spirit. We had