Manchester United 1-3 Sevilla: Moyes' men stunned by Spaniard's in Ferdinand's testimonial
David Moyes’ Old Trafford career has got off to a losing start as Sevilla picked up a 3-1 win against Manchester United in Rio Ferdinand’s testimonial.
The Spanish side scored twice in five minutes in the first half to take a 2-0 lead thanks to Vitolo and Marko Marin, with the visitors well worth the two-goal advantage.
United came back with a little more purpose after half-time and pulled a goal back through Antonio Valencia, but they were unable to get a second as Sevilla’s backline generally remained solid and highly-rated Chilean Bryan Rabello sealed the win in stoppage time.
Moyes named an unfamiliar-looking side for his Old Trafford debut as Angelo Henriquez, Fabio, Alex Buttner and Adnan Januzaj all started, while man-of-the-moment Ferdinand featured at the back alongside Chris Smalling.
Sevilla – who have already played competitive football this season – came to Old Trafford fresh from a 6-1 win over Mladost Podgorica in Montenegro on Thursday night, but recognisable faces such as Gary Medel, Geoffrey Kondogbia and on-loan Chelsea man Marko Marin appeared from the beginning.
In true testimonial fashion the match began at a fairly slow speed and Sevilla started brighter, with United fielding a weakened, but the early touches of Belgian 18-year-old Januzaj caught the eye.
Unai Emery’s men clearly came to Old Trafford intending to spoil the party and they took the lead in the 21st minute as Diego Perotti fed a pass into the area between Ferdinand and Smalling, leaving Vitolo with the simple objective of poking the ball past David De Gea.
The La Liga side were starting to cut United open at will and made it 2-0 four minutes later. Carlos Bacca and Vitolo combined on the edge of the area before the winger rolled the ball across the face of the goal for Marin to tap in.
Both sides had an excellent chance just prior to the 40th minute as first Shinji Kagawa’s header was saved a point-blank range by Beto, and then Marin’s low effort was forced onto the crossbar by De Gea, keeping the score at 2-0 going into the break.
The second half began as a much tighter affair with both sides creating few chances in the first 10 minutes, although Januzaj did work a good opening and shot over from inside the area.
United noticeably increased the tempo and looked at their most threatening as the hour mark approached, while Sevilla sat back and invited pressure despite Bacca’s best efforts in attack.
With around 25 minutes remaining Januzaj took centre stage again and beat young Sevilla defender Israel Puerto down the left before hammering a low cross into the danger area for Antonio Valencia to knock into an empty goal.
In the 75th minute substitute Jesse Lingard almost connected with a low Wilfried Zaha cross at the far post, while subsequent efforts from Buttner and Michael Carrick failed to get through a sea of Sevilla defenders.
An equaliser for United looked inevitable leading up to stoppage time as Zaha burst away from two opponents on the edge of the area, but he could only shoot wide of the post and Bryan Rabello confirmed the win for Sevilla, scoring a third after excellent play by Kevin Gameiro.
David Moyes’ Old Trafford career has got off to a losing start as Sevilla picked up a 3-1 win against Manchester United in Rio Ferdinand’s testimonial.
The Spanish side scored twice in five minutes in the first half to take a 2-0 lead thanks to Vitolo and Marko Marin, with the visitors well worth the two-goal advantage.
United came back with a little more purpose after half-time and pulled a goal back through Antonio Valencia, but they were unable to get a second as Sevilla’s backline generally remained solid and highly-rated Chilean Bryan Rabello sealed the win in stoppage time.
Moyes named an unfamiliar-looking side for his Old Trafford debut as Angelo Henriquez, Fabio, Alex Buttner and Adnan Januzaj all started, while man-of-the-moment Ferdinand featured at the back alongside Chris Smalling.
Sevilla – who have already played competitive football this season – came to Old Trafford fresh from a 6-1 win over Mladost Podgorica in Montenegro on Thursday night, but recognisable faces such as Gary Medel, Geoffrey Kondogbia and on-loan Chelsea man Marko Marin appeared from the beginning.
In true testimonial fashion the match began at a fairly slow speed and Sevilla started brighter, with United fielding a weakened, but the early touches of Belgian 18-year-old Januzaj caught the eye.
Unai Emery’s men clearly came to Old Trafford intending to spoil the party and they took the lead in the 21st minute as Diego Perotti fed a pass into the area between Ferdinand and Smalling, leaving Vitolo with the simple objective of poking the ball past David De Gea.
The La Liga side were starting to cut United open at will and made it 2-0 four minutes later. Carlos Bacca and Vitolo combined on the edge of the area before the winger rolled the ball across the face of the goal for Marin to tap in.
Both sides had an excellent chance just prior to the 40th minute as first Shinji Kagawa’s header was saved a point-blank range by Beto, and then Marin’s low effort was forced onto the crossbar by De Gea, keeping the score at 2-0 going into the break.
The second half began as a much tighter affair with both sides creating few chances in the first 10 minutes, although Januzaj did work a good opening and shot over from inside the area.
United noticeably increased the tempo and looked at their most threatening as the hour mark approached, while Sevilla sat back and invited pressure despite Bacca’s best efforts in attack.
With around 25 minutes remaining Januzaj took centre stage again and beat young Sevilla defender Israel Puerto down the left before hammering a low cross into the danger area for Antonio Valencia to knock into an empty goal.
In the 75th minute substitute Jesse Lingard almost connected with a low Wilfried Zaha cross at the far post, while subsequent efforts from Buttner and Michael Carrick failed to get through a sea of Sevilla defenders.
An equaliser for United looked inevitable leading up to stoppage time as Zaha burst away from two opponents on the edge of the area, but he could only shoot wide of the post and Bryan Rabello confirmed the win for Sevilla, scoring a third after excellent play by Kevin Gameiro.
