Manchester United produced their most impressive performance of pre-season with a 3-1 defeat of Crystal Palace at the MCG in Melbourne, Australia on ...
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MANCHESTER UNITED slumped to a second-half comeback in the final game of their pre-season tour against Aston Villa.
United's summer transfer business and Ten Hag's pre-season selections have strongly hinted at the starting line-up against Brighton & Hove Albion in next month's Premier League opener. Alex Telles is up for sale and has blatantly played the role of a placeholder under the Dutchman, featuring as a left-sided centre-back and, against Villa, slotting in as the holding midfielder. Bailey ran United ragged in the second half, smoking Luke Shaw and Victor Lindelof with his pace. Many fans raised concerns about De Gea's suitability to Ten Hag's style upon the Dutchman's arrival. Erik ten Hag seems to have a clear plan for him, and it's so far bearing delicious fruit. Jadon Sancho opened the scoring on 25 minutes before Matty Cash doubled United's lead with an own goal on the brink of half-time.
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Rashford held the ball on the left, waited for Luke Shaw's overlapping run and Sancho volleyed in the cross from six yards out. Jadon Sancho's third strike of the summer and a Matty Cash own goal had put United 2-0 up at half-time. It looked like only being a consolation for Villa after a largely uneventful second half but in the second minute of stoppage time Chambers got up highest to head in a corner from the right.
United began the match brightly with a couple of early sighters including a blocked Sancho effort from a corner on six minutes. Seconds later, Harry Maguire ...
It remained lively throughout the latter stages, but the Midlanders carried the greater threat in worsening conditions. There was nothing Villa or Martinez could do to stop Erik ten Hag’s men taking a deserved lead on 25 minutes and it was another fine team move. Seconds later, Harry Maguire rose to meet a Luke Shaw corner but his solid header was punched clear by Martinez. Maguire then made a superb block just after the hour-mark after Bailey nipped past De Gea and tried to score from a tight angle. After Rashford sent a shot just wide on 37 minutes, the England man saw his volleyed effort deflected home by Cash after lovely a ball from Fred and cross from Sancho. At the other end, Cash fired a low drive inches wide of David De Gea’s far-right post on eight minutes, before Sancho took aim for the Reds a couple of minutes later and saw his shot pushed away, and just out of the reach of Anthony Martial.
Manchester United and Aston Villa played out a 2-2 draw at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Goals from Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford put United 2-0 up on a ...
July 23, 2022 at 11:32 AM UTC July 23, 2022 at 11:35 AM UTC July 23, 2022 at 11:38 AM UTC Calum Chambers with the equaliser from a corner! July 23, 2022 at 11:41 AM UTC For United, they'll be disappointed with the result as they were largely in control of the game. July 23, 2022 at 11:44 AM UTC July 23, 2022 at 11:45 AM UTC July 23, 2022 at 11:46 AM UTC July 23, 2022 at 11:49 AM UTC Steven Gerrard and Villa are also undefeated in pre-season and will play one more match before the Premier League campaign starts in two weeks. Villa failed to get going in the opening 45 minutes but were inspired by Bailey's introduction in the second half and he eventually kickstarted their comeback.
A goal from an added-time corner gave Aston Villa a 2-2 friendly draw from 2-0 down against Manchester United in a soggy Perth.
The weather had come close to forcing a postponement and the danger of injury was obvious. Sancho drifted along the right and popped the ball in. Ten Hag said: “Football is a sport of mistakes and we have to decrease the mistakes. United’s No 1 dived and missed the ball but it blazed wide of his right post. We have to get out of the dressing room and back in our plan [after half-time] and that is what we didn’t do.” “That’s what I just said in the dressing room,” said the manager.