Manchester United win Liverpool 3-1 in Last Friendly of US Tour
Opeyemi Oladunjoye
Manchester United ended their US pre-season tour on Monday, with a 3-1 triumph over English Premier League rivals, Liverpool.
In the final of the International Champions Cup friendly tournament, Louis van Gaal’s men overturned an early Steven Gerrard penalty through second-half goals from Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard.
United were a bit slack in the first half of thee match but improved in the second half and headed home with five victories from five matches under new manager, van Gaal. Rooney captained Manchester United for the first time on the tour.
Gerrard beat David De Gea from the penalty spot in the 14th minute after Raheem Sterling drew a challenge from Phil Jones. It wasn’t until the 55th minute that Rooney equalised.
Two minutes later, Luke Shaw’s pass found Mata, who beat Mignolet with a low shot to put United up 2-1. Lingard completed the scoring in the 88th, blasting Young’s pass past Mignolet.
“It’s obviously great to win the game and win the tournament,” Rooney said. “We’ve worked hard in the pre-season. Today in the first half Liverpool were the better team. We were poor, we didn’t move the ball quick enough. We knew we had to put that right. The second half we came out and played very well and deserved the win.”
