Jadon Sancho scored the first goal for Manchester United in their club friendly vs Liverpool at the Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok on Tuesday. 

The Red Devils took a 1-0 lead against Liverpool, who finished a close second in the Premier League last season, in the 12th minute. The first club friendly of the season saw United playmaker Bruno Fernandes pick up the ball on the edge of the opponent box and float it towards the back post. Debutant Isaac Mabaya was not able to clear and Sancho made no mistake to slam it across Alisson. 

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Soon, Fred and Anthony Martial struck brilliantly to take United 3-0 up inside 35 minutes. 

Commenting on the goal and United’s attacking gameplay, club fans on social media said, “I’ve seen enough, give us the league now.”

“All u guys that were doubting Sancho last season I always said second best player at the club,” another one tweeted. 

And a third supporter wrote: “WE ARE WINNING IT ALL THIS SEASON… BE WARNED.”

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Darwin Nunez and Fabio Carvalho made their Liverpool debut against United. 

“The international boys only started back with us on Monday but, as you can imagine, they have come back in outstanding shape, which is not a surprise, so that means they will get some time tonight. We will make plenty of changes too, of course, throughout the game. We will need to. It means Darwin will be in the squad and Fabio will play for us for the first time and I’m sure our supporters will be pleased about that,” manager Juegen Klopp said on Monday. 

In his first game as United manager, Erik Ten Hag went with Sancho, Fernandes, Rashford and Martial. Cristiano Ronaldo is the notable absentee in the playing 11. 

Manchester United: De Gea, Dalot, Lindelof, Varane, Shaw, McTominay, Fred, Sancho, Fernandes, Rashford, Martial

Liverpool: Alisson; Mabaya, Phillips, Gomez, Chambers; Henderson, Morton; Elliott, Carvalho, Diaz; Firmino