Borussia Dortmund Makes Manchester United Pre-season More Nodal

JAKARTA Manchester United (MU) suffered a third successive defeat in pre-season after losing to Germany's Borussia Dortmund, Monday, July 31 at noon WIB. The trial match between the two teams took place at the Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, United States.

MU had taken the lead before being forced to give up with a score of 2-3. In this match Diogo Dalot opened the Red Devils' advantage in the 24th minute.

The Portugal international netted the ball with a powerful shot from outside the penalty box using Donny van de Beek's pass.

Die Borussen then got up and scored twice when the first half normal time was two minutes remaining to lead over MU. Donyell Malen bought the two goals.

He scored a volley in the 33rd minute to equalize the score, before putting Dortmund ahead a minute later after escaping the offside trap and continuing Marcel Sabitzer's pass.

After halftime, the Red Devils equalized in the 52nd minute through Anthony's goal. The Brazil international defeated the opposing goalkeeper after receiving Van de Beek's ball.

Dortmund's victory then came on 70 after Youssoufa Moukoko listed his name on the scoreboard after maximizing Marco Reus' pass.

This is MU's third straight defeat if their young player's defeat against Wrexham is also counted. After that defeat, they also lost against Real Madrid before being beaten by Dortmund.

Before these three defeats, Erik Ten Hag's men had secured three wins in pre-season. The three wins were against Leeds United, Olympique Lyon, and Arsenal.