MANCHESTER UNITED are taking on Scottish giants Rangers in a pre-season clash at Murrayfield RIGHT NOW.
And the Red Devils have the lead after Amad Diallo’s stunning strike beat Jack Butland in goal.
Jadon Sancho starts for Man Utd for the first time in almost a year after he and manager Erik ten Hag resolved their differences earlier this month.
New £52m signing Leny Yoro is also in from the off for the Red Devils at Murrayfield.
- TV/Stream: MUTV/Rangers TV
- Rangers team: Butland, Sterling, Souttar, Davies, Jefte, Barron, Diomande, Lawrence, Wright, Cortes, Dessers
- Man Utd team: Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Yoro, Evans, Murray; Casemiro, Collyer, Mount; Amad, Wheatley, Sancho
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Half-time – Rangers 0-1 Man Utd
The teams go in at the break separated by Amad’s goal shortly before half-time.
The former Rangers loanee has been the standout performer in the first half, giving new Rangers full-back Jefte no end of problems on the far side.
The Scottish Premiership side started the contest well, but the Red Devils began to dominate as the half grew on, although Scott Wright and Cyriel Dessers continued to pose a threat on the break.
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45. On the stroke of half-time, and it should be two!
Casemiro curls one out to the right for Amad to chase, and the goalscorer duly obliges by bursting to the byline and cutting back.
The cross into the path of Sancho is perfect, but somehow the Englishman gets under the ball and thumps over from 15 yards.
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43. Casemiro is enjoying himself out there.
With Toby Collyer sitting in front of the United back four, the Brazilian has more room to roam forward and dictate play from an attacking perspective.
Rangers 0-1 Man Utd
41. There is the suggestion that the ball may well have been out of play on the far side before Amad went to work, but, of course, there’s no VAR in use this afternoon.
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39. Manchester United are up and running for pre-season!
And it’s no surprise that the goal here has come courtesy of Amad!
The winger has been the most impressive performer on the pitch, and he has now added a fizzing finish to his trickery and talent.
Cutting inside from the right, the Ivorian takes advantage of a slip by Jefte to move inside the penalty area, where he fizzes a low effort into the bottom left corner of Jack Butland’s goal.
The opener!
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36. A clever corner from Mount, pulled back low to the edge of the area, offers Murray a chance to shoot, but his effort is blocked at close quarters.
It then sparks a period of play where both sides take it in turns to give the ball away cheaply before a cynical pull on Mount’s shirt by Dessers brings the hilarity to an end.
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34. Dessers and Wright combine again, this time with the striker playing in the Scot on the right.
With the United defence caught out slightly too high upfield, the winger has sight of goal but is unable to get enough power on the shot to truly trouble Onana.
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32. And just like that, Dessers draws Onana into a save.
It’s a routine one in the end for the United goalkeeper, but looked a real threat when the big Rangers striker has turned sharply on to Wright’s pass.
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30. Half hour gone and it remains goalless.
However, Manchester United are now dictating the match after a bright Rangers start.
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27. Sancho and Mount have just played an impromptu one-two that involved a pair of 40-yard crossfield passes.
Glad to see it.
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25. United are starting to put together some spells of possession and precise passing – and it’s bringing Jadon Sancho into the game.
The winger hasn’t seen as much of the ball on the left as Amad has on the right, but that is beginning to change.
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23. Hammered by Amad!
The Manchester United winger takes charge of the free-kick that he had won by whipping a ferocious effort over the wall….
…and wide!
Rangers 0-0 Man Utd
22. Amad and Jefte have been having their own personal battle up and down the far touchline, and on this occasion it’s the Man Utd ace who comes out on top.
Dribbling at pace, the winger turns his opponent inside out before tricking him into conceding a foul five yards outside the penalty area.
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20. The United players receive a touchline briefing from Erik ten Hag and Darren Fletcher as Scott Wright receives treatment.
Meanwhile, Jack Butland has looked a little unconvincing in punching two recent crosses into the box.
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18. Wheatley goes close to the opener!
The teenager times his run into the box perfectly to meet Amad’s cutback, but his shot is superbly turned off the line by Sterling.
Excellent defending!
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16. Manchester United players fail to react to a Rangers free-kick played short midway inside their half, and that allows Tom Lawrence room to roam.
The Welshman bursts forward and then whistles a 30-yarder over Andre Onana’s crossbar.
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13. Collyer is penalised for a foul on Sterling despite winning the ball – twice.
The 20-year-old midfielder has not looked out of place in the opening stages.
Rangers 0-0 Man Utd
11. The first glimpse of Leny Yoro as a Manchester United player is a promising one.
The teenager looks second best as Cyriel Dessers races on to a through ball inside the area, but the defender recovers brilliantly to slide the ball out for a corner.
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9. And from the game’s first corner, Casemiro loops Manchester United’s first attempt wide of Jack Butland’s goal.
The Brazilian’s task was made more difficult by the aerial challenge of Scott Wright as the pair both went for the outswinger.
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7. Murray and Collyer link up well on the left, eventually teeing up Casemiro to cross deep for Amad.
Some touchline trickery follows from the winger before it’s smuggled behind for the game’s first corner.
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5. Captain Casemiro tries to pop one around the corner for Wan-Bissaka but there’s too much on the pass.
The Rangers midfield are pressing aggressively high early in proceedings, much to Philippe Clement’s approval on the sidelines.
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3. Dessers is back up and can see the funny side as Evans pleads innocence, and the referee defuses the situation.
Seconds later, Rangers have another free-kick further up the field, but it’s wasted as Diomande pulls it wide of the near post.
Kick-off – Rangers v Man Utd
1. The fans help the PA announced countdown from ten, and that’s the signal for Ranges to get this pre-season friendly underway.
And it doesn’t take too long for the fireworks to begin – 25 seconds, in fact.
In attempting to turn away from his marker, Evans has his shirt clearly pulled by Dessers, leading the veteran defender to clatter the striker in the face with his arm.
Edinburgh ready to go
Murrayfield has filled up, the tracksuit tops have come off the two sets of players, flares have been fired up on the far side, and it all means one thing.
We are finally ready for kick-off in the Scottish capital.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk