Ronaldo absent as Manchester United beat Liverpool in pre-season game
Erik ten Hag led Manchester United to an impressive 4-0 victory over Liverpool in a pre-season game at Bangkok on Tuesday.
Though Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo was absent from the pre-season tour due to personal issues, United grabbed all three points against Jürgen Klopp’s side in the pre-season game.
England winger Jadon Sancho opened the scoring for Manchester United, pushing the Red Devils ahead of Liverpool barely 13 minutes into the game.
Fred doubled United’s lead, scoring in the 30th minute, while Antonio Martial made it three for the Red Devils 33 minutes into the game, leaving United with a three goal lead into the first half break.
Facundo Pellestri scored United’s fourth goal from a counterattack involving Eric Baily and Ahmad Diallo, burying all hope of a possible comeback for Liverpool.
Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho and Darwin Nunez all came in as a substitute in the last 30 minutes of the game but could not get a consolation goal for Liverpool.
Manchester United are expected to improve on this pre-season victory over experimental Liverpool team, putting up a better performance this season in the English Premier League.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Economy
Nigeria’s crude oil production averaged 1.238mbpd in June: OPEC
OPEC said the figure showed an increase of 5,000 barrels per day when compared to the 1.233 million bpd produced averagely in the month of May 2022.
NationWide
Troops neutralised bandits, arrested notorious kidnappers, robbers: DHQ
Troops were said to have apprehended two notorious kidnappers – Abdulrazaq Umar and Idris Abdullahi at Heipang in Barkin Ladi LGA, Plateau.
Education
Ahmed Musa berates Nigerian politicians over prolonged ASUU strike
The Super Eagles skipper accused Nigerian political office holders of “running a system they don’t even believe in.”
Politics
APC Muslim-Muslim ticket ‘satanic’; calamity has befallen my friend Tinubu: Babachir Lawal
“There has been gloom among the Christian community all over the country since Tinubu announced Kashim Shetima as his running mate.”
Politics
#OsunDecides: Peter Obi’s LP, PDP will “labour till death,” says Tinubu
“Don’t mind PDP and other mushroom parties – parties like Labour; they will labour till they die,” Mr Tinubu told APC supporters on Tuesday in Osun.
Sport
OFFICIAL: Wayne Rooney returns to DC United as coach
Rooney’s first stint with DC United was as a player in 2018, where he scored 23 goals and made 15 assists in 48 games.
