Manchester United suffered their second
defeat in three pre-season games with a
3-2 loss to Yokohama F.Marinos on
Tuesday.
Despite another strong showing from
youngster Jesse Lingard, who scored to
equalise the home side's early opener,
the Premier League champions lost out
to a late winner from Yoshihito Fujita.
It means that new manager David Moyes has seen his side beaten by both a Singha
All-Star XI and the J-League outfit in their preparations for the new campaign,
results that have sandwiched a win over an A-League All-Star team.
Moyes fielded a strong starting XI for the game at the Nissan Stadium - including
first-team regulars such as Robin van Persie, Patrice Evra and Tom Cleverley - but
they still crashed to another loss.
Defensive mistakes cost Moyes' men and Yokohama were ahead after less than 30
seconds through 37-year-old Marquinhos.
The hungry home side seized the ball straight from kick-off, and although
Marquinhos' initial powerful shot was well blocked by David de Gea, the Spaniard
could do nothing to prevent the veteran Brazilian from converting the rebound.
United responded well to this early setback and were rewarded through Lingard in the
19th minute. The 20-year-old finished well after some impressive work from new
signing Wilfried Zaha.
And it did not take long for the visitors to take the lead, as Masakazu Tashiro turned
Adnan Januzaj's cross into his own net.
However, Yokohama started the second period strongly and Brazilian defender Fabio
broke free to head home four minutes after the re-start, before Fujita fired past De
Gea in the 78th minute to earn his side the win.
United will look to get back to winning ways when they face Cerezo Osaka in their
next pre-season assignment on Friday.
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