Glory’s brave resistance was finally broken, however, when a loose ball fell kindly for Rashford in the box and he fizzed an unstoppable shot across Reddy into the far corner of the net. Six minutes later it was Ashley Young’s turn to threaten Reddy’s goal when his 22m free-kick found the side-netting and Anthony Martial then also ruffled the outside of the net after turning neatly in the box.Īs United continued to threaten, Jesse Lingard jinked his way into the box only to see his well-struck effort tipped over acrobatically by Reddy.Īfter changing their entire eleven at the break, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men created the first chance of the second half when Mason Greenwood eluded Ivan Franjic before firing his low, angled shot narrowly wide of the target. United’s Daniel James set the tone in the opening exchanges with his pace down the left and the Welshman forced Liam Reddy into action after 12 minutes to block his low cross.
“The players, their families, Perth Glory and the A-League should all be proud.” “But I believe that we should all be proud of that performance. “That shows you the quality they have and the level that they’re at you lose the ball twice and they punish you twice. “In the end, although they created a lot of good openings, the two goals came when we lost the ball twice. “We spoke at half time about the need to stay strong, stay disciplined and fight the fatigue and the challenges that that brings. “Obviously you can see the quality that United have, but it was great to see our lads fight so hard and defensively they were excellent. United were kept at bay for an hour until Marcus Rashford eventually broke the deadlock and fellow-substitute James Garner added the second five minutes from time.Ī bumper crowd of 50,206 saw Tony Popovic’s men retain their shape and discipline well amidst a barrage of pressure from the English side and the Head Coach was impressed by his charges’ resilience. Perth Glory produced a valiant defensive display in Saturday’s friendly against Manchester United at Optus Stadium before eventually succumbing to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of the EPL giants.
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