Manchester United vs FC Barcelona (International Champions Cup)

diarm

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That was probably the best preseason friendly I've ever watched. Both sides played some lovely football, pressed hard and kept up a decent pace. We got the rub of the green a couple of times but then they had the ref for much of the game. Feel really excited after that.
 

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Loved that goal from Januzaj. Kept his balance without giving the ref a chance to blow for a foul, which often can happen in those situations. Clinical finishing.
 

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Delighted Adnan scored he really needed that. Was a quality goal as well sweet little flick turn and great finish.
Yeah it really was a great goal. Good for him, a frustrating season last year, hopefully he can kick on. That was a great goal.
 

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Glad to see how everyone wants to fight for their place in the team, with the exception of Valdes.

Pereira, Lingard and Januzaj were very good in the final 30 minutes.
 

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That was a performance worth staying up for. Apart from the period when Rakitic ran the show when we had makeshift 2 man midfield of players not suited there, we were overall better side. They were severely understrength though. PSG will be probably bigger test as they are/will be in full rhythm.
 

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We looked good, but we also got pretty lucky. Three times off the post, at least one stonewall penalty, and getting away with quite a few fouls. Still, not complaining.

Januzaj was very lively, probably my favourite player of the match.

Schneiderlin seemed a bit too eager in the tackle.

Not sure why Herrera got booked for his first challenge.

Left wing still working well; we won't miss ADM much if that keeps up.
 

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Seeing Fellaini wind them up was hilarious.

He'll be a great wildcard option in the Champions League.
 

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this ref:-D

I was more excited with the lads coming on, glad for Adnan and Jesse, if Adnan works hard on his composure he can be a decent striekr and great 2nd , off striker player, interesting to see himup front and Wilson being on the left.. Quite pleased with Fellaini, our play looked much more straight forward with him and the movement of youngsters..

Good result against the treble winners and some promising performances, still think we should play more of a 4-3-3 with classical no10 - Herrera than experimentign with players like Depay there who make it more 4-4-2.
 

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Darmian was excellent. Proper smart defender. Young and Shaw link up well. Januzaj played really well up front. Held the ball up. Blind was great. De Gea is simply one of a kind right now.

We were never going to have the ball and in all honesty we had more than I thought.

The ref was so trigger happy.