Manchester United fired Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after three years as manager on Sunday after a fifth loss in seven Premier League games.

“Ole will always be a legend at Manchester United and it is with regret that we have reached this difficult decision,” United said a day after a 4-1 loss to Watford.

Former midfielder Michael Carrick, who was on Solskjaer’s coaching staff, will be in temporary charge.

United said it would look to then appoint a manager only until the end of the season.

Solskjaer’s future has hung in the balance before but he has finally lost his job at the club where he was adored as a player, notably for scoring the dramatic late winner in the 1999 Champions League final. He couldn’t replicate that success as a manager, failing to win a single trophy.

United is seventh in the Premier League, 12 points behind leader Chelsea after 12 games.

Auto racing: Seven-time series champion Lewis Hamilton inched closer to the Formula One title lead with a victory in the Qatar Grand Prix to earn back-to-back wins and chip away at Max Verstappen’s points advantage. Verstappen still holds an eight-point lead over Hamilton with two races remaining.

College basketball: Zach Edey scored 21 points and No. 6 Purdue overcame an 11-point deficit to beat No. 5 Villanova 80-74 and win the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament in Uncasville, Conn. The Boilermakers are 5-0.

College football: Ohio State is No. 2 in The AP poll, surging three spots past No. 3 Alabama and No. 4 Cincinnati in a close vote. Georgia is a unanimous No. 1 for the seventh consecutive week.

NHL: Lightning center Brayden Point will be sidelined indefinitely because of an upper-body injury. The two-time defending Stanley Cup champs already are missing right wing Nikita Kucherov.