David Moyes praised Manchester United for a clinical performance after a 4-1 win at Swansea City Saturday in his first Premier League game as manager.
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Robin van Persie and Danny Welbeck each scored twice, Wilfried Bony replying for the hosts, to send United to the top of the fledgling standings after the season's opening day.
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Asked if it had been a dream start to his Old Trafford tenure, Moyes told Sky Sports: "It is, because you always want to win your games and when you're manager of Manchester United, the job is to win the games.
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"I was made well aware of it and the players did it today. They did really well."
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Swansea made an assured start to the game on a greasy, rain-slicked pitch at the Liberty Stadium, only for Van Persie to break the deadlock with an acrobatic right-foot volley in the 34th minute.
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Moyes described it as a "brilliantly taken goal" and he concurred with Swansea coach Michael Laudrup's assessment that the quality of United's strikes had been the difference between the teams.
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"Michael Laudrup was a top player himself, so he'll know quality when he sees it," said Moyes, who succeeded Alex Ferguson in July.
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"The players who finished them off are real quality players and they were quality goals. There was a little bit of difference when we got that. We could have played better at times in the game, but overall I'm more than happy with winning here 4-1."
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Moyes was also able to give Wayne Rooney a run out, after the unsettled striker missed United's entire pre-season campaign with hamstring and shoulder injuries.
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He played for 66 minutes in England's 3-2 win over Scotland on Wednesday and made a telling contribution against Swansea, teeing up Van Persie to smash home United's third goal and then releasing Welbeck to make it 4-1 with a delightful lob.
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"He got 65 minutes in the game against Scotland the other night," said Moyes, who has rejected two bids from Chelsea for the 27-year-old striker.
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"I felt that he could do a job today if he got a chance to come on. He's not ready yet physically, because he's not done enough training.
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"Obviously that hasn't changed much apart from him getting a little bit of match practice, but he came on and he had a great run for Robin's (second) goal and he played Danny in for his goal. It'll be good for Wayne to get those minutes on the pitch.
It was a fantastic start indeed!