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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Erik ten Hag has confirmed his Manchester United starting XI to face Aston Villa in the final game of the club's pre-season tour.
Manchester United Confirmed XI vs Aston Villa Confirmed Manchester United XI v Aston Villa Erik ten Hag has confirmed his Manchester United starting XI to face Aston Villa in the final game of the club’s pre-season tour.
PERTH, Australia -- Manchester United were denied a 100% record on their tour of Thailand and Australia after conceding a last-gasp equaliser in a 2-2 draw ...
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.
Team to play Man Utd: Martinez, Cash, Diego Carlos, Mings, Digne, J. Ramsey, Kamara, McGinn, Coutinho, Watkins, Ings. Subs: Olsen, Marschall, Konsa, ...
Former Manchester United captain Ashley Young has tipped Anthony Martial for a big season after praising his performances in pre-season.
Martial joined United in 2015 from Monaco for £54million, a then-record-breaking transfer fee for a teenager but has only hit double-figures for goals in the Premier League in three out of the seven seasons he has spent in Manchester. The former United skipper, who wore the armband for Villa during the match, initially posted: ‘End of the tour. Martial had looked set to leave Old Trafford this summer after struggling massively over the previous two seasons with form and injuries, and with Erik ten Hag overhauling his squad, he looked destined for the chopping block.