Manchester United’s preseason trip of the US came to an unfortunate end with a defeat.

The final match of Manchester United’s US tour will be played in Las Vegas against German powerhouse Borussia Dortmund. After two straight losses to Wrexham and Real Madrid, the game enabled Man United to finish the tour.

Erik ten Hag will be eager to cap his US trip with a victory over Dortmund, who finished second behind Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga last season. However, preseason results shouldn’t be taken too seriously.

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Meanwhile, the representative of Germany, who wants to speed up the preparation process for the 2023/2024 season, their first match will take place in 2 weeks, will also play seriously in this match. Ten Hag changed the squad compared to the match against Real, giving the opportunity to start many names, notably Jadon Sancho as number 9, with Pellistri on the left and Forson on the right.

Dortmund had an early chance after Donny van de Beek lost the ball in the middle, their counter-attack failed. The German team had more dominance at the beginning of the match, but the Red Devils were the ones who opened the scoring in the 24th minute thanks to Diogo Dalot’s goal.

Dalot gives Man United a 1-0 lead

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Pellistri played aggressively in the first half, while on the other wing, Antony came on for Forson early. The young star seemed to be very angry with this decision and was talked about very harshly by Ten Hag on the touchline.

In the 43rd minute, Donyell Malen equalized the score. He was in the perfect position to catch the close-range volley. And just 1 minute later, the Dutchman completed a brace after a cumbersome defense of the Red Devils defense.

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Malen scored twice in 1 minute.

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After the break, Antony brought the score back to the balance when he caught a broken ball from Dortmund. In the 60th minute, Ten Hag made a series of changes for MU, names like Fernandes, Rashford, Casemiro, Mount, Martinez, Wan-Bissaka, Shaw and Evans all came on. The whole match, both teams made 11 substitutions.

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In the 71st minute, the Red Devils were again punished. Wan-Bissaka passed the ball wrong, was blocked by Reus, he simply crossed for Youssoufa Moukoko to score.

At the end of the game, Man United continuously tried to finish but failed, in which Marcus Rashford had an unbelievable miss. Antony brought home a free-kick at the edge of the box, Fernandes made a brilliant pass to Rashford near the post, but he sent the ball wide. The Red Devils lost to Dortmund.