By Chris Wright
It’s Sunday morning so I’ll keep this brief: Manchester United ensured they ended their pre-season tour of Yankland with a 5-for-5 record by beating Barcelona 2-1 in front of nearly 82,000 fans in Washington DC last night.
United went ahead in the 22nd minute when Nani poked a shot in off Victor Valdes’ gooch only to see their lead pegged back by a peachy strike from Thiago Alcantara in the 70th minute.
The parity lasted all of six minutes, until wee Micky Owen latched on to Tom Cleverley’s throughball, found himself one-on-one with Valdes and proceeded to prod home the winner with a rinky-dinky chip…
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