Sérgio Conceição says he will not look for excuses as he prepares for a busy start to life with AC Milan, having replaced Paulo Fonseca in the San Siro dugout. Club spokesman Zlatan Ibrahimovic has also been speaking about the change, taking the chance to apologise to Fonseca over the handling of his departure.

Conceição was unveiled on Tuesday having signed an 18-month contract with the Italian giants. The deal vindicated the former Portugal international in resisting multiple offers since leaving Porto, including approaches from South America, France, Croatia and the Middle East, which were all spurned as Conceição felt a more suitable job would arrive.

Paulo Fonseca was sacked as manager of AC Milan late on Sunday night, with fellow Portuguese Sérgio Conceição reportedly having agreed to take the job at San Siro.

Earlier in the evening, Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by Roma in Serie A which saw them drop to 8th place in the table. Despite a positive Champions League campaign, Fonseca’s struggles to achieve results in the Italian top flight have cost him his job after just half a season.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester United

Vítor Pereira made it two wins from two with Wolverhampton Wanderers as Bruno Fernandes received his third red card of the season for hapless Manchester United at Molineux.

Fernandes was shown red - for two bookable offences - in the second half with the match goalless, after which Matheus Cunha’s direct corner put Wolves on the road to victory that was sealed by Hwang Hee-Chan with almost the last kick.

The Boxing Day fixtures in the English Premier League have thrown up a particularly tantalising prospect for observers in Portugal, with two recent managerial arrivals facing off in an unmissable clash.