Fabio Carvalho received the ball from Diogo Jota and skillfully dribbled past Casemiro before firing a shot into the box

Fabio Carvalho received the ball from Diogo Jota and skillfully dribbled past Casemiro before firing a shot into the box. The ball hit a red Man United defender and changed direction, leaving goalkeeper Andre Onana with no choice but to retrieve the ball from the net

Welcoming back many key players, both Man United and Liverpool sent out what can be considered their strongest squads for the final friendly match of both sides in the US.

The appearance of Marcus Rashford in the starting lineup and Antony on the bench somewhat reassured Man United fans, reducing the far of injuries weighing down the “Red Devils”.

Goalkeeper Kelleher blocks Man United's attack

Goalkeeper Kelleher blocks Man United’s ttack

Mason Mount had two consecutive scoring opportunities for Man United but Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher played very well, successfully blocking the one-on-one shots.

On the opposite side of the field, Liverpool took full advantage of the first opportunity in the 10th minute to convert it into a goal.

Curtis Jones doubled Liverpool's lead

Curtis Jones doubled Liverpool’s lead

Fabio Carvalho received the ball from Diogo Jota and skillfully dribbled past Casemiro before firing a shot into the box. The ball hit a red Man United defender and changed direction, leaving goalkeeper Andre Onana with no choice but to retrieve the ball from the net.

Marcus Rashford had no effective shots

Marcus Rashford had no effective shots

Man United also had their chances but Marcus Rashford continuously failed to finish, even being blocked by goalkeeper Kelleher.

Liverpool meanwhile took advantage of the opportunity to double the gap in the 36th minute when Mohamed Salah created a pass for Curtis Jones to score from close range.

Salah plays extremely well in the attack of "The Kop"

Salah plays extremely well in the ttack of “The Kop”

In the second half, reserve goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros played as well as Kelleher, denying many shots on goal from Scott McTominay, Casemiro and Ethan Wheatley. Meanwhile, Liverpool scored another goal in the 61st minute thanks to defender Tsimikas.

Kostas Tsimikas scores Liverpool's third

Kostas Tsimikas scores Liverpool’s third

Even after changing the entire starting lineup, Liverpool still controlled the game while Man United were lazy in finding opportunities to equalize.

With a 3-0 win, Liverpool have won all three matches in the first training session of the season under new coach A. Slot. They will return to England to play a friendly match against Sevilla on August 11 at Anfield, while Man United will return to prepare to play the Community Shield match against Man City at Wembley on the night of August 10.

* Newcomer Pau Victor scored two goals for Barcelona in the 42nd and 54th minutes, helping “Blaugrana” lead Real Madrid until the 81st minute of the first “super classic” match of the season between the two La Liga giants at MetLife Stadium (New Jersey, USA) on the morning of August 4.

Pau Victor scored twice for Barcelona

Pau Victor scored twice for Barcelona

It was not until the 82nd minute that substitute Nicolas Paz reduced the gap to 1-2 for Real Madrid from a corner kck taken by Arda Guler. 2-1 was also the final score in favor of Barcelona when Real Madrid was still missing many important names such as Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe, Dani Carvajal, Federico Valverde…