International Champions Cup: Manchester United 1-4 Liverpool — 5 talking points

Liverpool defeated Manchester United by 4 goals to 1 in a friendly fixture
Liverpool defeated Manchester United by 4 goals to 1 in a friendly fixture

#3 Injury problems mounting around Jose Mourinho

Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho

The Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho is already unsettled as some of the regular starters including Chris Smalling, Antonio Valencia suffered injuries. Moreover, new signing, Diogo Dalot was found wobbling with the help of crutches and has indicated an injury threat to the manager.

The 23-year-old English full-back, Luke Shaw, who joined the Manchester Club in 2014, becomes the latest man to appear on that growing list of unavailable players to Mourinho. Both Chris Smalling and Luke Shaw sat on the bench against Liverpool in the friendly fixture.

The Portuguese tactician may turn to out-of-favour full-back Matteo Darmian, who has almost confirmed that he will leave Manchester. Mourinho has targeted Leicester and England's star man of the backline, Harry Maguire as well as Tottenham's Toby Alderweireld. But full-backs remain his most concern, with his personnel reportedly decimated in these positions.

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