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Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial On Target As Manchester United Win 4-1 In Melbourne

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Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford got on the scoresheet as Manchester United rallied from a goal down to beat Melbourne Victory 4-1 Friday and hand manager Erik ten Hag his second win since taking over.

It followed their 4-0 thumping of Liverpool in Bangkok on Tuesday when Jadon Sancho, Fred, Martial and Facundo Pellistri were on target.

A well-organised Victory were no walkover and shocked the English giants in front of 74,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a goal on the break in the fifth minute.

United clawed back with goals on the cusp of half-time from Scott McTominay and Martial before Rashford made it 3-1 with 12 minutes left and a Victory own goal capped the deserved win. "It was good that we were able to recover," said Ten Hag. "It's pre-season and we wanted to see how the team reacts. "We went 1-0 behind but we stayed composed and finally just before half-time we scored twice. "Their defence was really compact and it was difficult to create chances," he added. "But a couple of times we got behind the defensive line and it was justified that we scored." United used 22 players against Liverpool and while Ten Hag largely stuck with the same starting line-up he switched it up at the break with 10 changes.

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This dispatch comes to you from Perth, where the majority of us who are covering Manchester United are staying in the same hotel as Leeds United.

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