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Manchester United lifted the Snapdragon Cup, at the stadium of the same name, after deservedly defeating Real Betis 3-2 in San Diego.

After Iker Losada’s opener for the opposition, against the run of play, Erik ten Hag’s men had to come from behind to notch the victory. The Reds did this in style, producing a burst of three first-half goals in a 13-minute spell, scored by Marcus Rashford from the penalty spot, Amad with a screamer and Casemiro following a corne

Diego Llorente’s second-half header made it a closer contest, at least in terms of the scoreline, but more importantly it was another night when the United manager was able to give invaluable game time to the vast majority of his squa

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Manchester United lifted the Snapdragon Cup, at the stadium of the same name, after deservedly defeating Real Betis 3-2 in San Diego

After Iker Losada’s opener for the opposition, against the run of play, Erik ten Hag’s men had to come from behind to notch the victory. The Reds did this in style, producing a burst of three first-half goals in a 13-minute spell, scored by Marcus Rashford from the penalty spot, Amad with a screamer and Casemiro following a corne

Diego Llorente’s second-half header made it a closer contest, at least in terms of the scoreline, but more importantly it was another night when the United manager was able to give invaluable game time to the vast majority of his squa

One match now remains on Tour 2024, presented by Snapdragon – Saturday night’s showdown with our arch-rivals Liverpool in South Carolin

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Jadon Sancho seemed to have given the Reds a dream start, when he found the back of the net after five minutes. However, the winger was deemed to be offside when he received a short pass from Amad; the move had started with a ball over the top from the deep-lying Casemiro into the Ivorian’s fee

Had United gone in front, it would have been well deserved. Instead, it was Real Betis who chalked up the opening goal with right-winger Rodri, a namesake and compatriot of the Spain and Manchester City midfielder, in the role of chief architect after a diagonal crossfield pass opened up the pla

The no.17 attacked our young left-back Harry Amass and pushed the ball past him before collecting a return pass and forcing Tom Heaton into his first save. The United keeper’s bid to retrieve the loose ball inadvertently gifted Iker Losada with a golden opportunity to tap into an unguarded net for 1-

Thankfully, the Reds were only behind momentarily. Amad instigated the equaliser, cutting inside at the apex of Real Betis’s box and shaping to shoot until he was grounded by a shove in the back from former Southampton defender Romain Perraud. The Frenchman pleaded his innocence but to no avail, as Rashford stepped up to confidently convert the resulting penalty. Our no.10 sent Portuguese goalkeeper Rui Silva the wrong way from the spot, tucking the ball into the bottom left-hand corne

United’s next set piece of note, a direct free-kick, was curled into Silva’s gloves by Christian Eriksen but we only had to wait a short while for Ten Hag’s men to take the lea

Amass, once again catching the eye on United’s left, delivered a cross that Nobel Mendy was unable to head away, enabling Amad to smash in a terrific strike from a similar angle to where he had earned the earlier penalt

The Reds were rampant now and when Sancho flicked on a corner from the right, Rashford was perfectly poised at the far post to present Casemiro with a tap-in for 3-

Some of United’s link-up play was a joy to watch, and arguably the best example preceded Scott McTominay’s deflected shot, five minutes before the break. Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Amad, Sancho, Eriksen and finally Casemiro were all involved in a flowing move, full of short passes, that would surely have resulted in a fourth first-half goal had Llorente not denied McTominay with a last-ditch block.1.y.d.r.0.y.t.Ftobea.d.r..p 2ged.r.olina.