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Last one, I promise, Houston, we've got a United victory. That was fairly routine from a vastly superior United side as an understandably rusty City outfit failed to keep up with a United side that seems to be gelling well in and off the field.
Pretty fun for an exhibition game this, and one can only hope that the remaining ICC fixtures are just as entertaining
90' Jesus looks to show there's still fight in the blue half and he muscles past two United players before being unceremoniously dumped to the ground by Phil Jones.
87' City pass-pass-pass harmlessly in front of the United defence - before Nasri attempts another of those pretty little jinks, which Fosu Mensah does well to clear.
86' Walker tries to run in behind Darmian, but the Italian did well to prevent the ball from getting around him - if he had, there'd be only one winner in the footrace
83' WOOOOF! NASRI PLAYS THE PASS OF THE MATCH, A SUBLIME OUTSIDE OF THE BOOT LOB THROUGH TO JESUS BUT THE BRAZILIAN CAN'T GET A GOOD ENOUGH TOUCH ON IT and it's a goalkick
79' UFF! Pogba is all athletic power isn't he.... he outpowers and out-tricks Mangala on the left touchline before lifting a smart ball into the box that Fellaini gets absolutely no purchase on with his header
78' GOOOONOOOO! Lukaku has the ball in the net, but it's after the refs had pulled up Jones for being offside... from the corner, a completely, ludicrously, free Fellaini headed into the centre where Jones, completely, ludicrously, free stabbed it at goal (twice) where Ederson pulled off a stunning save (two, actually).... Jones, though, was offside and that saves City's defence their blushes
77' Another sweeping United corner results in a corner as Valencia plays in Pogba and the Frenchman wins it off Mangala. Meanwhile, Mourinho throws on Andreas Perreira and Timothy Fosu-Mensah for Valencia and Lingard
75' Samir Nasri then turns on the afterburners to win a corner off Darmian... the set-piece is played short, and you know the thing about short-corners and Adam Sandler movies - they aren't too good an idea.
73' It's cleared well by Mangala... BUT OOOO CITY!!!! DIAZ ALMOST RUNS ONTO A CLEVER JESUS PASS BUT ROMERO JUMPS OVER HIM TO PUNCH IT AWAY.... IT LANDS STRAIGHT AT PHIL FODEN'S FEET BUT IT'S ON HIS WEAKER RIGHT AND HE SMACKS IT INTO THE HOUSTON NIGHT
71' Stones wafts a nice little ball out to Sane, but once again he's outmuscled by Valencia... Nasri then tries to pick out Sane, but the two are not on the same wavelength just yet - and it's a goal kick.
70' Walker has been impressive today - and he stops Paul Pogba in his tracks as the unusually quiet French superstar tries to force his way into the game.
66' City still stroking the ball around in the middle of the park... till Walker tries to pick out Sane on the left. Valencia almost makes a hash of it, but the Ecuadorian recovers. City come roaring back forward and Walker puts in neat litte cross that Phil Jones does well to slide in ahead of Jesus.
MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 MANCHESTER CITY
Last one, I promise, Houston, we've got a United victory. That was fairly routine from a vastly superior United side as an understandably rusty City outfit failed to keep up with a United side that seems to be gelling well in and off the field.
Pretty fun for an exhibition game this, and one can only hope that the remaining ICC fixtures are just as entertaining
Anirudh Menon signing out, thanks for reading!
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