MELBOURNE, Australia – Erik ten Hag continues his winning start as Manchester United managed with a 4-1 win over Melbourne Victory at the MCG.
United went behind the A-League team, who brought in a new signing Nani in the second half, but fought back to win thanks to goals from Scott McTominay, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Edmond Lupancu owns an own goal.
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Ten Hag once again picked their strongest team to start the second game of their tour in Thailand and Australia but after seeing tremors at the back in the early stages of a 4-0 win over Liverpool in Bangkok, they had difficulty in their opening match against Melbourne.
The home team, playing the first game of last season, took the lead within five minutes when Victor Lindelof lost Ben Folami to the right and Chris Ikonomidis lost track Harry Maguire over one leg Tom Heaton.
Ten Hag’s team responded with a lot of possession but had to wait until the 25th minute for a meaningful effort when Bruno Fernandes‘The shot was saved by Paul Izzo.
Victory fans took full advantage of their lead, chanting “you’ll be fired in the morning” in Ten Hag but two goals in the last three minutes of the first half ensured that the Dutchman played in the first half more fun. of two managers.
First, McTominay witnessed a shot that was heavily deflected into the net before Martial mastered control Diogo DalotCross from the right and scored from close range.
It was Martial’s second goal in as many matches after scoring just once during his loan spell at Seville previous season.
Ten Hag again made 10 substitutions in the first half, handing the captain’s armband to Rashford, who scored the third in the 78th minute.
Eric Bailly burst into the middle of the pitch and hit the hook to give Rashford a touch and a shot into the back of the net to score for the first time since January.
There is still time for United to take fourth place when Tahith ChongLupancu’s cross was converted into his own net by Lupancu to score eight goals in two games under Ten Hag.
