Pieces of magic from Jude Bellingham and Joselu made it a miserable 48 hours for Erik ten Hag, who oversaw two defeats from his youngsters and first team.
2023 Club Friendlies
2-0
Match Report
On Tuesday night in San Diego it was a 3-1 defeat to Wrexham for his Under-21s and fast forward 24 hours to Houston's NRG Stadium and his first team stars were given a reality check by a slick - and vibrant - young Real Madrid side.
New No 1 Andre Onana, who arrived for £47.1million this summer, could do nothing about the two goals but there were a lot more questions than answers with just one more game in the US for Ten Hag to iron out pre-season issues plaguing his team.
The first was a touch of class from Jude Bellingham, who once got a tour of United's Carrington base from none other than Sir Alex Ferguson.
Real's latest Galactico recruit delightful took a ball over the top from Antonio Rudiger down before chipping it nonchalantly over Onana.
Match Events
0' KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?
3' Injured! Kobbie Mainoo is stretchered off
6' GOAL! Real Madrid 1-0 Man Utd (Jude Bellingham)
35' CLOSE! Rashford’s shot wide out
42' Yellow Card! Martinez booked
56' Garnacho's shot stopped by goalkeeper
70' Yellow Card! Eduardo Camavinga booked
81' Yellow Card! Bruno Fernandes booked
89' WHAT A BICYCLE GOAL! Real Madrid 2-0 Man Utd (Joselu)
Line-ups
Real Madrid XI: Modric, Alaba, Carvajal, Rudiger, Andriy Lunin, Fran García, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Eduardo Camavinga, Jude Bellingham
Subs: Kroos, Courtois, Joselu, Nacho, Vazquez, Odriozola, F Mendy, Valverde, Militao, Brahim, Arda Güler, Diego Piñeiro, Nico Paz, Fran González
Man Utd XI: Casemiro, Varane, Shaw, Bruno Fernandes, Onana, Mount, Rashford, Wan-Bissaka, Martinez, Alejandro Garnacho, Kobbie Mainoo
Subs: Heaton, Eriksen, Lindelof, Maguire, Van de Beek, Dalot, Sancho, McTominay, Facundo Pellistri, Brandon Williams, Antony, Amad Diallo Traore, Omari Forson