Thomas Hein
Manchester United’s pre-season tie against Real Salt Lake ended with a 2-1 win over the American side. The game certainly was not a friendly of any sorts as Antonio Valencia was sent off for a rash challenge on Sebastian Saucedo in the second half, after a long discussion between the referee and Jose Mourinho.
This was our second win from the tour as we had defeated LA Galaxy 5-2 and will take on Manchester City on 20th July.
The Rio Tinto stadium certainly provided a picturesque backdrop of the Wasatch Mountains as United toiled and there will be concerns regarding the injury picked up by Juan Mata, who had to be substituted.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan got us going with the first goal and leveled the score line at 1-1 after Luis Silva had given Real the lead. Romelu Lukaku though got his first goal for us and it proved to be in the winning strike.
Mou sent out a completely different unit in the second half and we co`ntinued with our 4-3-3 formation that was used from the start of the game but couldn’t add to the score line, plus playing with 10 men was always going to affect us.
Hopefully, we can continue our winning run and ensure we come out unscathed from the rest of the games. While this match was a tough one, there were a number of reactions on Twitter regarding the win and especially Lukaku’s first goal for the Red Devils.
Congrats to the Big man on his first ever goal for Manchester United. It’s only going to get better! #GGMU #RedRom pic.twitter.com/4RxwLRBjkt
— Passion for the game (@AllThingsMufc_) July 18, 2017
Looks like Mikhy had a good game too. His goal was excellently taken & that pass for Lukaku was lovely.
— Doc MUFC (@Doc_Joshi) July 18, 2017
Points to take from tonight: 1.Even fat mkhi is class 2.Pereira should get more minutes 3.DM needed massively over tree headed cunt #MUFC
— Adam Brookes (@AdamBrookes10) July 18, 2017
Top 5 players tonight vs Real Salt Lake:
1. Fosu-Mensah
2. Jesse Lingard
3. Henrik Mkhitaryan
4. Eric Bailly
5. Ander Herrera#mufc— ManUnited News (@BleedManUnited) July 18, 2017
Jose Mourinho says he refused the referee’s request for him to sub Antonio Valencia off, prompting the referee to send Valencia off! #mufc
— MUFC Arena (@MUFCArena_) July 18, 2017
.@RomeluLukaku9‘s first goal for @ManUtd #MUTOUR #MUTV #MUTour2017 #MUFC pic.twitter.com/O9YErOr7C7
— kwame addae (@kwameunited) July 18, 2017
Valencia knew how many legs he was going to try to break tonight! #mufc #MUTour2017 pic.twitter.com/zZfa1r24Mp
— Man Utd Forum (@manutdnetwork) July 18, 2017
Lukaku haters right now….#MUFC pic.twitter.com/p1ENPrnCFO
— Lewis Allen (@lallen125) July 18, 2017
If Andreas Pereira continues like this, he’s getting proper first team action this season! He has a mission and he’s impressing Jose!#MUFC
— Kunal Srivastava (@Kunal_sri92) July 18, 2017
Lol Lukaku couldn’t score in a friendly.
Lol United fans celebrating Lukaku scoring in a friendly.
Rival fans are hilarious 😂#MUFC #MUTOUR— Kunal Srivastava (@Kunal_sri92) July 18, 2017
F*ck the haters!!!!!!!! Lukaku scores!!!!!!!
— Maroof Syed (@sirmaroof) July 18, 2017
