MANCHESTER UNITED and Leeds will reignite their bitter rivalry in a tasty pre-season match RIGHT NOW – and Erik ten Hag has made eleven changes at half-time.
Amad Diallo, who spent last season on loan at Sunderland, looked the brightest in the first-half but failed to break the deadlock.
Mason Mount made his first start for United, while Lisandro Martinez played his first 45 minutes after a long period on the sidelines.
- Kick-off time: 4pm
- TV channel/Stream: MUTV
- Man Utd first-half XI: Heaton, Martinez, Varane, Wan-Bissaka, Mainoo, Fernandez, Forson, Hannibal, Mount, Sancho, Amad
- Leeds first-half XI: Klaesson, Hjelde, Drameh, Cooper, Mullen, Gyabi, Shackleton, Greenwood, Poveda, Sinisterra, Georginio
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46. It is a youthful Man Utd team in this half.
Plenty of players looking to impress Erik ten Hag.
Leeds Utd will be looking to get at their opponents more.
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Leeds Utd are making a number of changes for the second half also.
Both sides are looking to utilise their full squads.
Man Utd get the second half underway.
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We expect to see wholesale changes from Man Utd in the second half.
Erik ten Hag is rumoured to be making eleven changes here.
Charlie Savage is going to wear the captain’s armband.
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That was a good run out for Man Utd in that first half.
Players looked lively and keen to get on the ball, while running at the Leeds Utd defence, looking to stretch them.
Mason Mount looks keen in his Red Devils’ debut, making tackles and looking to link play up.
Daniel Farke will not be too displeased from what he has seen from his side, on the rare occasions when they have managed to get forward, they have stretched the Man Utd backline.
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The referee brings the first half to a close.
No stoppage time whatsoever in this friendly.
Man Utd were the more dominant of the two sides but unable to convert any of their opportunities so far.
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43. United come forward down the left and ball is worked to Fernandez on the edge of the box.
He tries to thread a ball into the box but it is hacked clear by Cooper.
Farke’s side have done well to keep the threat of Man Utd at bay in this first half.
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41. Mount takes a free kick from a wide position.
His cross is too deep and nobody can get to it.
Hannibal tries to chase down the ball but it is played off him for a Leeds Utd goal kick.
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39. Sancho has been playing as the false nine so far today.
It has left ten Hag’s side looking a little blunt up top.
This is why the Dutch manager is desperate to sign a striker.
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37. Leeds play some good short passing and find Sinisterra out wide.
Wan-Bissaka puts a good sliding challenge in to win the ball.
Mainoo does well to win the ball back and feeds Sancho.
He finds Amad who cuts into the box before losing the ball.
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35. Amad has been the one player who has stood out in this half.
He looks lively and when gets the ball, runs at the defence.
The youngster is keen to get some involvement in the first team this season and is looking to impress his manager.
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33. The intensity from Man Utd has died down somewhat now.
Erik ten Hag’s side seem happy to pass the ball around.
Leeds are growing in confidence, the longer the game stays goalless.
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31. Since Leeds Utd played their first game in the Premier League last season, Daniel Farke is their fifth manager.
Mental stats.
Sinisterra does well again down the left, causing the United backline problems.
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29. Amad does well down the right once again.
He plays the ball to Forson who rolls it into the path of Mount on the edge of the box.
The only person that effort is troubling is the person sat in row X.
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27. Mount has looked good in these early stages.
Getting himself around the pitch and trying to break up play.
Forson gets the ball down the left but a heavy touch sees the ball run through to Klaesson in the Leeds’ goal.
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25. United swing a corner into the box and the ball finds Fernandez at the back post.
He completely misjudges the flight of the ball and heads wide.
Big chance for United, free header at the back post.
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23. Hannibal is shown the first yellow card of the game.
A rare sight in a pre-season friendly.
Sancho stabs the ball through to Hannibal who looks to square it but Leeds are able to clear.
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21. Big chance for Man Utd as the ball is played to Sancho in the box.
The ball gets caught under his feet and he lays it off instead.
Leeds do well to get bodies in the way and block the shot.
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19. Leeds make a rare attack into the United box.
The ball is squared to towards the centre and the defender makes a sliding block to cut out the cross.
He almost diverts passed Heaton but the ball goes out for a corner.
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17. The last time Leeds were relegated from the Premier League, it took them 16 years to go back up.
Daniel Farke will be hoping to make sure history does not repeat itself.
They are playing a high line in this game, United are trying to get runners in behind them all of the time.
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15. Amad looks to slot the ball into the path of Sancho.
As he receives the ball the linesman’s flag goes up.
He looks a shadow of the player who really shone at Dortmund.
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13. Mason Mount dispossesses the Leeds defender some thirty yards out.
He sees Klaesson off his line and tries to chip the keeper.
The ball lands on the roof of the net, almost opening his account for the club.
Close.
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11. Amad does well down the right and cuts inside before squaring to Hannibal.
From no more than six yards out, he fires an effort in but Klaesson makes a fantastic point-blank save.
Early chance for the Red Devils.
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9. Amad tries to get behind the Leeds’ backline.
He sets off too early and is caught offside.
Man Utd are looking to attack whenever the chance presents itself.
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7. Leeds Utd get a feel for the ball as they see some possession.
The lilywhites look to get forward for the first time in the game.
Daniel Farke looks on from the touchline.
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5. Mason Mount is taking the free kicks and corners in the early stages.
The new signing is try to get on the ball as much as possible.
In the early stages it is all Man Utd as Leeds chase shadows.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
