Manchester United 1-0 Inter Milan: 5 talking pointsÂ
Manchester United continued their impressive pre-season start with a convincing win over Inter Milan. The match took place in Singapore with over 50,000 people, mostly wearing Red. Manchester United academy graduate Mason Greenwood scored the only goal in the match.
It wasn't like the last two matches that United played as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer didn't play two different teams for two halves. Instead, the first half team played for about 60 minutes. The starting XI was David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Axel Tuanzebe, Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw, Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Daniel James, and Anthony Martial. Throughout the first half, United came close to scoring but they couldn't find the decisive touch.
In the second half, Manchester United dominated Inter completely and the substitutes were Sergio Romero, Ashley Young, Diogo Dalot, Phil Jones, Eric Bailly, Fred, Scott McTominay, Tahith Chong, Mason Greenwood, and Andreas Pereira. As mentioned above, Greenwood broke the deadlock with an impressive finish.
All in all, it was pretty good work-out for Solskjaer's boys and in this slideshow, we look at five talking points from the match.
#5 United's playing style under Solskjaer is taking shape
If United's playing style under Solskjaer was to be described in as few words as possible, it would read something like this: Attacking, high press, high line of defence, quick transitions, neat passing triangles and as many shots as possible.
The intensity that United have shown in this pre-season has been magnificent. United weren't giving any time to Inter Milan on the ball and they just weren't letting their midfield settle. Marcelo Brozovic and Milan Skriniar's furstration in the end speaks for itself.
United were trying to win back possession higher up the field and not a single time in the match were they letting the opposition dictate the play.