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The second half was certainly an enjoyable watch. Angel Gomes and Mason Greenwood were both fantastically agile and quick-footed on either wing, and both goals were excellent finishes. It's not that often that a friendly of this sort can be a good watch, so that's certainly a positive. 

Not a huge amount is the honest answer. United look certain to be a pressing side on the front foot next season. Other than that, it was a good match to get fitness levels up and some players looked exciting while others were quiet. A first pre-season match that the coaches will be pleased with, no one will be over-excited about anything and that's exactly how they'll like it.

Goals from Marcus Rashford and Jimmy Garner give United a victory in a good first pre-season game for new permanent manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Some good moments for the Reds, with Gomes, James, and Martial looking exciting. Perhaps they could and should have scored a few more goals, but that can wait for Wednesday's fixture against Leeds United in the same stadium.

Two minutes of stoppage time | Just over 50,000 people in attendance in Australia. United looking for a third in these last couple of minutes.

89' Greenwood misses by an inch again as United look to make this friendly victory a bit sweeter. He's hit the sidenetting before and this time he pulls out the stepover and then pulls a shot across the goalkeeper but it squeezes onto the post.

Shaw appeared to say 'hamstring' as he left the pitch. Pogba was meant to be substituted off by Solskjaer but that decision was changed by the injury and Pogba remains on the pitch.

First Manchester United goal for Jimmy Garner, who came on only a minute ago. The ball falls to him after a Perth error on the edge of the box and it's a fantastic finish into the bottom right corner. Brilliant moment for the young England U18 captain.

83' United make their first substitution of the second half (apart from the 11 immediately after half-time): Luke Shaw is replaced by 18-year-old midfielder Jimmy Garner. 

I'd expect McTominay to slip into central defence and Rojo to go to left-back. Shaw's gone straight down the tunnel, perhaps for treatment on a small issue that Solskjaer didn't want to risk.

76' Perth Glory have just brought on a 15-year-old striker. Ridiculous. And an amazing experience for him.

74' Fantastic work from Pogba who wrestles the ball back for United, slides the ball onto his left and gives it to Mata. The Spaniard crosses for Greenwood and his effort is blocked.

72' United threatening but Perth are sitting back which presents a good challenge for United who will be faced with such opposition for the majority of the Premier League season. They've struggled to cope with it under past managers.

69' Rojo heads over the crossbar after a good corner delivery from Juan Mata on the right side. United looking hungry for a second.

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65' Lovely reverse pass into the area from Mata to Mason Greenwood who can't finish the chance. Angel Gomes is looking very lively.

62' Good strength from little Angel Gomes who holds off two players before a decent effort is saved with little stress. He managed to get the ball from under his feet well.

60' On the hour mark, Rashford scores United's first pre-season goal. A fantastic, instinctive finish. Pogba with a backheel flick on the edge of the box, Rashford turns and ruthlessly buries it into the far, right corner.

52' In news that won't surprise any watcher of Manchester United, a loose ball drops in front of Marcos Rojo and he decides, illogically, to strike it from 40 yards out. He misses. Obviously.

50' 17-year-old Mason Greenwod picks up the ball, nutmegs one unfortunate Perth defender and strikes the ball into the right sidenetting.

48' A quick start from United with Angel Gomes darting through four players as he approaches the box. Pogba has had a driven effort bounce wide of the left post.

46' United get the second half underway. I expect a small period of settling in for these new players who have just come on.

United starting XI for the second half: J. Pereira; Wan-Bissaka, Smalling, Rojo, Shaw; Pogba, McTominay, Mata; Gomes, Greenwood; Rashford.

Every player from the first half departs and are replaced by another exciting United team with plenty of pace and the important introduction of Paul Pogba.

United level at half-time and now these 11 players will go off for a rest and an entirely new line-up will come out onto this massive pitch in Perth. Some good moments for the Reds, from James, Chong and Martial. Now for Pogba, Greenwood, Rashford and others to try and make an impression.

45' Perhaps the final big chance for United as Martial is fed through. He takes it on his right and his deflected shot looks to be dropping cruelly into the far corner but, in fact, goes out to keep the scores level.

35' Just under 10 minutes left in the first half and so only 10 minutes for these 11 United players to impress. The whole side will be changed at the break. Chong and James have switched wings, with the latter now playing on the right. 

29' Another long-range effort for United as Lingard attempts with the inside of the his right boot to curl it into the top corner. If you think back to his goal against Panama for England in the 2018 World Cup, it could have been a recreation of that had it come off. Instead, it's saved and the subsequent corner comes to nothing.

26' Martial with fantastic footwork in the box but his effort strikes the sidenetting. With his back to goal, he receives the ball on the left side of the area, drops his shoulder and turns before his left boot guides it onto his right and he pulls the trigger.

20' Chance for Andreas Pereira now after a bursting run into the box from the midfielder. Young finds him as the Perth defender miscues an attempted interception but Pereira can't keep the five-yard-out effort down and it bobbles up and over the bar.

18' Fantastic free-kick attempt from Ashley Young after Dan James is fouled 25 yards out. Young curls it towards the top right corner and it momentarily looks to have nestled in beneath the stanchion, but has actually whipped just wide.

13' First sign of Daniel James' intense acceleration as Martial feeds him through inside the penalty area. It looks as if he won't be able to make it but he does, chops it back into the central area and the goalkeeper claims.

7' United are pressing high so far, much to the pleasure of many of their fans. Solskjaer has spoken about how he expects his side to come out of pre-season with the fitness required to play on the front foot. This is the first time he'll see that in action.

4' Nice free-kick routine from United as Young runs up to take, reverse passes to James who's sprinting down the left and he hooks it into the area to win a corner. Nice, lively start for United.

2' Andreas Pereira shoots from long range but his effort is weak and bounces in front of Perth's 'keeper.

1' New signing Daniel James is playing down the left in front of captain Ashley Young and has attempted two crosses already, the second skimming across the surface of the penalty area to no avail.

United get their pre-season underway. It's taken some time since the two teams entered the stadium. But here we go...

We're edging closer to kick-off. United's snakeskin kits occasionally look like vomit and on other times look gold. Closer up, they look disgusting. An offence to the grand history of football kits. The two captains have met in the centre circle and we're ready to get started after another light show and another production of fire. 

There is now a collection of aboriginally-dressed Australians dancing in front of a man with a didgeridoo. He's pointing it downwards into a ground-based microphone and the low vibrations are echoing around the Optus Stadium. Kick-off will eventually come, I suppose.

There's an interesting opening ceremony kind of thing going on for this meaningless friendly. Clips of various Manchester United goals and Perth Glory's best moments with fireworks, music and lights. Now the teams walk out from a corner tunnel, through the vast empty space at the side of the pitch and into the traditional pre-match line-ups.

Five minutes until kick-off. Romelu Lukaku and Victor Lindelof are at the Opus Stadium despite not being in the Manchester United squad. Both are set to play on Wednesday.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that he'll change the entire line-up at half-time of the match against Perth Glory: "Second half will be XI new ones. Everyone gets 45 minutes and a good work out."

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer speaking pre-match: "They’ve worked hard see if we can take the focus into the games and see if we can take what we have been working on into the games."

Manchester United are set to wear their love-it-but-probably-hate-it snakeskin away kit against Perth Glory. 

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Possibly a few signs of things to come at Manchester United. Ashley Young captains the Reds. Martial starts in the central, number 9 striking position and Axel Tuanzebe starts in central defence after returning from his loan at Aston Villa. 

Manchester United starting XI: Romero, Dalot, Tuanzebe, Jones, Young (c), Andreas, Matic, Chong, Lingard, James, Martial.

Manchester United vs Perth Glory will be shown live on MUTV and MUTV HD in the United Kingdom and abroad on the MUTV app.

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After today's game against Perth Glory, United stick around in Australia and at the Opus Stadium to take on historic rivals Leeds United. After that, there are games against Tottenham Hotspur, Inter Milan, Kristiansund and AC Milan. 

Team news will be out at roughly 11:00AM, an hour ahead of kick-off, and it'll be interesting viewing. United fans will be particularly excited to see their club's new signings. We'll bring that to you and much more live build-up of Manchester United vs Perth Glory on VAVEL UK.

With no centre-back yet to be signed by United, it's a fantastic opportunity for young Axel Tuanzebe to make an impression on Solskjaer. The English defender spent last season on loan at Aston Villa as they clinched promotion via the playoffs and could return to Villa Park. But this may prove the first of four or five chances for Tuanzebe to become one of the first choices at United, instead, next season.

Defender Matteo Darmian and midfielder Fred are the only two United players missing from the pre-season squad. They'll both join up later in the tour due to family reasons.

Solskjaer has almost a full squad available to him for Saturday's game. Paul Pogba has been training with the team despite rumours suggesting he would refuse to join the club's pre-season tour. Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial have been training separately to the rest of the squad and may not be fit enough to play in the first game. United have brought a number of young players including Tahith Chong, Mason Greenwood, Angel Gomes and Jimmy Garner - four names who began to make headlines last season under the new boss.

Meanwhile, Daniel James arrived from Swansea City and immediately joined training on July 1st and Aaron Wan-Bissaka had a very brief break after penning a deal to sign from Crystal Palace before getting accustomed to his new home on July 7th.

Perth Glory have been chosen as United's first pre-season opponents to provide an easier challenge ahead of bouts against Tottenham Hotspur, AC Milan and Leeds United. They endured a heartbreaking end to their domestic campaign recently. The Glory finished top of the A-League in the regular season, thus qualifying for the playoffs. They subsequently beat Adelaide United in the semi-finals, with a penalty shoot-out victory, but fell on the other side of the drama with defeat on penalties to Sydney FC in the final.

Now Solskjaer has the chance to set his team up for success in the 2019/20 campaign. The Reds travelled to Australia last week and have been training together since, including new signings Daniel James and Aaron Wan-Bissaka. They'll play twice in Australia before moving north to Singapore, China and back home via Norway and Wales.

This is Solskjaer's first pre-season as permanent Manchester United manager after initially being appointed on an interim basis in December 2018. The Norwegian stormed to an incredibly successful start at the helm and hauled United back into the race to finish in the Premier League's top four before an end-of-season slump that equalled the woes of Moyes, van Gaal and Mourinho who preceded him.

Hello and welcome to VAVEL UK's live commentary of Manchester United's pre-season clash against Perth Glory. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could start two new signings for the Reds, with kick-off in Australia set for 12:00pm (BST).