Perth Glory: Reddy (Velaphi 77), Tratt, Lowry, Franjic (Rawlins 90), Chianese (K Popovic 76), Fornaroli (G Popovic 76), Harold (D’Agostino 62), Mrcela, Brimmer (Wilson 62), Juande, Kilkenny. United second half: Pereira, Wan-Bissaka, Smalling, Rojo, Shaw (Garner 83), McTominay, Pogba, Mata, Gomes, Rashford, Greenwood. United first half: Romero, Dalot, Tuanzebe, Jones, Young (c), Matic, Andreas, James, Lingard, Chong, Martial. That moment of excellent individual skill concluded what was a good night's work for United, with the greater test of historic rivals Leeds United to come at the same stadium on Wednesday. Talented prospect Garner enjoyed a run-out late on when he was introduced for Luke Shaw (who appeared to be in some discomfort) and the Academy graduate made an instant impact, latching onto a loose ball to unleash a driven shot that flew into the bottom corner of the net. The Reds could have won a penalty as well, when Tahith Chong was seemingly tripped inside the box. While the first half ended goalless, United were clearly the better team and went closest to scoring via an Ashley Young free-kick and Jesse Lingard’s long-range shot that goalkeeper Liam Reddy did well to parry. He almost scored, too, with a towering header that highlighted his threat at the other end of the pitch. The towering and physically impressive centre-back is highly rated by Solskjaer and looked comfortable at Optus Stadium, handing the Glory attack with ease alongside Phil Jones. James was later voted our Man of the Match by users of the Official App, winning 53 per cent of the result to finish ahead of fellow nominees Paul Pogba and Mason Greenwood.Īcademy graduate Axel Tuanzebe also donned his United shirt for the first time since returning from a season-long loan at Aston Villa, where he helped the Midlands club to win promotion to the Premier League. Wearing the no.21 shirt, he cut an energetic figure and executed a series of teasing crosses from the byline that almost led to goals. Summer signing James was named in the starting XI for his first United appearance and the young Welshman showed glimpses of his quality during a 45-minute outing, playing out wide on the left wing and dribbling directly at his marker on several occasions.
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