{"id":2654,"date":"2018-08-05T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T21:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2654"},"modified":"2018-08-07T08:02:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T13:02:31","slug":"united-shot-down-by-bayern-in-final-pre-season-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2654","title":{"rendered":"United Shot Down by Bayern in Final Pre-Season Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2.36594900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2.36594900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2.36594900-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Manchester United\u2019s final friendly before the start of the new Premier League season ended in a 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>Javi Martinez scored the only goal at the Allianz Arena, glancing home a second-half header from a corner, while Bayern forward Arjen Robben had a late strike ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n<p>United, who start their league campaign at home to Leicester on Friday evening, were captained by Alexis Sanchez in Bavaria.<\/p>\n<p>The Chile forward was supported in attack by Juan Mata, Marcus Rashford and Andreas Pereira, with recent signing Fred partnering Ander Herrera in central midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Jose Mourinho brought a host of youngsters off the bench in the second half, including Tahith Chong and Axel Tuanzebe, while goalkeeper Lee Grant, signed from Stoke in July, came on for David de Gea.<\/p>\n<p>United created little during the match and were unable to find an equalizer in the closing stages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2654\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2654&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2654\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2654&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-2654\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2654&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2654\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United\u2019s final friendly before the start of the new Premier League season ended in a 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich. 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