JESSE LINGARD ended his long goal drought in Kazakhstan – but it wasn’t enough to stop Man Utd slipping to defeat.
Astana – already out of the Europa League – stormed back after going behind to a first-half strike from the stand-in skipper.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has put his faith in youngsters, with four debutants starting, but the Khazakhstan champions beat an English side for the first time in their history.
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- Live score: Astana 2 Man Utd 1 (Shomko 55′ Bernard OG 62′; Lingard ’10)
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- Man Utd XI: Grant, Laird, Bernard, Tuanzebe, Shaw, Garner, Levitt, Chong, Lingard, Gomes, Greenwood.
- Astana XI: Eric, Rukavina, Rotariu, Sigurjonsson, Beysebekov, Maevski, Logvinenko, Postnikov, Murtazayev, Shomko, Khiznichenko.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
