Manchester United ended a turbulent pre-season campaign with a timid showing, losing 1-0 to Bayern Munich on Sunday evening.
Match Events
6' CHANCE! Thiago's shot saved
59' GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-0 Man Utd (Martinez)
81' CLOSE! Goretzka's shot wide out
86' OFFSIDE! Robben's goal disallowed
Match Report
United failed to register a shot on target and mustered just one shot on goal as Javi Martinez's second-half header separated the teams in what was a very lacklustre affair, completely dominated by the German champions.
The returning Marcus Rashford played 65 minutes and Fred impressed in midfield but Jose Mourinho will be sweating over the fitness of Eric Bailly, who hobbled off in the second half.
United play their first Premier League fixture of the season against Leicester but will likely be without Romelu Lukaku, Jesse Lingard, Paul Pogba, Marouane Fellaini and Ashley Young, who have yet to play any minutes in pre-season following their World Cup exploits.
Line-ups
Bayern München XI: Robben, Ribéry, M. Neuer, J.Martínez, M. Hummels, Alaba, T. Müller, Thiago Alcântara, N. Süle, Gnabry, J. Kimmich
Subs: Rafinha, J. Boateng, S. Ulreich, S. Rudy, R. Lewandowski, Bernat, L. Goretzka, Coman, R. Hoffmann, L. Mai, M. Franzke, M. Zylla
Manchester United XI: A.Sánchez, Darmian, J.Mata, David de Gea, A.Herrera, V. Lindelöf, Fred, L.Shaw, A.Pereira, Bailly, M. Rashford
Subs: Lee Grant, Smalling, P. Jones, D.Mitchell, A.Tuanzebe, Mensah, S. McTominay, J. Garner, M. Greenwood, T. Chong
jaineelbhatt
158
ManU defence fc vs bauern attack fc
TonyV25
143
Things we learned from this 1.Rashford is not a natural number 9 and always struggles there so it will be good to sign a backup for Lukaku 2.We definitely need a CB as Bailly is always injured and it's gonna be a long season plus Jones and Rojo gets injured too many times so the Alderweireld deal needs to be done ASAP 3.Mata is not a good option as RW as he is very effective as central role and needs to play there instead of RW where he can't run at defenders 4.This Park the Bus should end here as today was all defensive from JM 5.Shaw doesn't look like he will progress from last season and Young be definitely our first choice
asakila
83
Mourhnio is not telling the whole truth! Manutd have serious footballing issues and no amount of transfer rejuvenation will resolve them. First too defensive attitude and don't get troubled when ball on target gets lower and lower! Two, opponents need to starve them of ball possession and Manutd goose is cooked without the need of fire Three, ball recovery is equally pathetic No passion to close in on opponents to seek unforced errors Will go another trophyless season am afraid to foreshadow
Rammy-Asante
75
It's true utd needs to sign a central defender but I thk mourinho also needs to update his tactics as well. He can make the best out of the squad at his possession now
yaadnorsy
71
it doesn't matter whether all the first team players are available or not. Mourihno need to change from defensive style of football to more attacking and flowing foootball... He should wake up from his slumber and know that days are gone when u park the box. In doing so, 1). The team get worn out.. 2). The team plays without plan and hope for counter attack, of which they can't be trusted on that too. 3). It makes the players lack confident to hold on their own.. 4). Defensive tactics is prone to errors and mistakes. Enough of complain from Mourihno and His staff.. He has the best that hold their own with any team on this planet.. 5). It mounts pressure on the team and fans.. 6). Instead of reducing high blood pressure, it increases the BP..
Don-ManUTD
56
United played without many players of the first team. so one can't judge this game based on that... They big boys are not yet back.. Matic, Pogba, Valencia, Young, Lukaku do you know what missing this five big names can cost a team? Just relax and wait for the new season to begin with all the lads back
Pozacest
51
One goal defeat to Bayern Munich is not ignominious as they fielded the full squad of first team players with what they had. If the first team of Manchester United was fielded the result could have been different. So Jose should get prepared for the season opener on the 10 th. If the start of the season is good it will long way to encounter the players do the coming games. Best luck Manchester United.
dusainru
38
With mourinho’s desire to park the bus and ability to defend his goal, Man Utd should definitely avoid relegation this season.
destinat
32
If you truly watched this game and you think this man Jose Mourinho is taking man United anywhere, you're plain deluded.. and you're welcomed to call me a plastic, I rather be a plastic than try to hide what's the truth.. how can a supposed "top team" be this poor.. see the stats from the game.. and please don't bring in the excuse of not having all our players back from the world cup. This is no excuse as to be this poor.. Dusseldorf can't get dominated this much by Bayern Munich.. I remember when we played Bayern with Moyes in charge, we weren't this poor.. I must admit that with the way United is playing these days, Moyes' brand of football wasn't far worst.. where's the passion. Where's the drive, our players seem totally uninterested even for a friendly, don't tell me it's just a friendly, Bayern knew it's a friendly too and they still played this well..