Manchester United starts the pre-season with a bang, securing a convincing victory. Join us as we break down the key moments, standout performances, and what this win means for the upcoming season. Don't miss the highlights and in-depth analysis!
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00:00Manchester United earned a first victory of pre-season on Saturday with an assured 2-0
00:06win over Rangers in Scotland.
00:09A pinpoint left-footed strike from Ahmad in the 39th minute and a fierce drive by Joe
00:14Hugill on 70 minutes proved the difference for the Reds in Edinburgh.
00:20The run-out at Mayfield was another opportunity to build up fitness as 21 players got minutes
00:25under their belts, and Eric Ten Hag saw a much-improved performance following Monday's
00:301-0 reverse against Rosenborg in our first friendly of the summer.
00:35Fans saw a first glimpse of French defender Lenny Euro, who had a solid first 45 minutes
00:40in a United shirt following his arrival from Lille on Thursday.
00:46Ten Hag named a mixture of youth and experience in his line-up, which included the return
00:50of Jadon Sancho, who made his first United appearance since August 26 last year after
00:56returning from a loan spell at Borussia Dortmund.
00:59Rangers, whose Scottish Premiership season begins on August 3, had two familiar faces
01:05in their XI as former Reds keeper Jack Butland captained the side and ex-forward Tom Lawrence
01:10was also in from the off.
01:14First half Ahmad on target bagpipes were played from the stadium roof as both sides were afforded
01:19a traditional Scottish welcome.
01:22Kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes to enable fans to safely get into the stadium and the
01:27bumper crowd of 56,574 witnessed a composed start from the Reds, who enjoyed plenty of
01:34early possession.
01:36Case Miro, wearing the captain's armband again, had the first sighting of goal but his towering
01:42header from a Mason Mount corner drifted wide of the target.
01:47At the other end, Euro made a positive first impression with a perfectly timed last-ditch
01:51challenge to poke the ball away from Cyril Dessers as the Rangers striker latched on
01:56to Lawrence's forward pass.
01:59The Reds almost took the lead in the 17th minute when the lively Ahmad, who had a loan
02:03spell with Rangers in the 2021-22 season, got the better of Gerrard's left-back Jeffty
02:09and pulled it back for Ethan Wheatley, whose low shot was diverted behind for a corner
02:13inside the six-yard box by Diomand.
02:17Ahmad came close himself soon after as the Ivorian won a free-kick 20 yards out and curled
02:22it inches over the crossbar.
02:26Andre Onana, back in goal on the first anniversary of his arrival at the club, was called upon
02:31to make routine saves low down from Dessers, Scott Wright and Tom Lawrence in the space
02:36of a few minutes as Rangers came into proceedings.
02:41But United made the breakthrough six minutes before the break as Ahmad marked his first
02:45appearance of pre-season in style, cutting inside from the right after receiving the
02:49ball from Mount and unleashing a low shot from just inside the box, which found the
02:53far corner of Butlin's goal.
02:57It should have been 2-0 moments before the halftime whistle blew as Ahmad again caused
03:01problems down the right flank and unselfishly laid the ball into the path of Sancho, who
03:06fired over the crossbar unchallenged inside the box.
03:11Second half Hugo Seel's victory as expected, Ten Hag made changes aplenty at the interval,
03:17with Onana who took over the captain's armband the only player to stay on the pitch.