Manchester United 3 FC Basel 0 result: Champions League 2017-18 action live as it happened at Old Trafford

Red Devils return to Europe's elite club competition
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Jack Rosser @JackRosser_12 September 2017

Manchester United eased back into Champions League life as Marouane Fellaini, Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford put FC Basel to the sword with a 3-0 win.

Last season was just the second time in 22 years that the three-time European champions were without a place at the continent's top table, but May's Europa League triumph brought a much-needed return.

United's first Champions League match in 644 days ended in a straightforward Old Trafford victory as substitute Fellaini, in-form Lukaku and substitute Rashford kicked off Group A with a comfortable win.

The only negative on the Reds' return to what manager Jose Mourinho calls their "natural habitat" was the injury to Paul Pogba, who left clutching his hamstring 19 minutes into his first game leading the side out as captain.

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Man Utd XI: De Gea, Young, Lindelof, Smalling, Blind, Pogba, Matic, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Martial, Lukaku

Subs: Romero, Lingard, Carrick, Rashford, Valencia, Fellaini, Darmian

Basel XI: Vaclik, Akanji, Suchy, Balanta, Lang, Xhaka, Zuffi, Riveros, Steffen, van Wolfswinkel, Elyounoussi

Subs: Salvi, Gaber, Fransson, Oberlin, Schmid, Bua, Calla

Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

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