Manchester United vs Liverpool LIVE: Pre-season friendly result, final score and reaction

All the action as the two Premier League rivals meet in Bangkok

Liverpool train ahead of clash against Manchester United in Bangkok

Manchester United beat Liverpool 4-0 in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday in Bangkok. If the low points for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick last season may have come in harrowing hammerings against Liverpool, Erik ten Hag at least marked a break with the recent past on his bow as Manchester United manager.

Solskjaer lost 5-0 and Rangnick 4-0 and, in the context of that, United could savour a scoreline that brought a 4-0 win, even if a pre-season friendly scarcely carries the same weight. Liverpool finished 34 points ahead of United last season and, in a game when Jurgen Klopp fielded 32 players and Ten Hag’s first-half side a plausible starting 11 for the opening day featured clubs at different stages of planning.

Nevertheless, United’s first look at Ten Hag’s ideas offered some encouragement. Follow all the match reaction to Liverpool vs Manchester United below:

Man United vs Liverpool

• United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Lindelof, Varane, Shaw, Fred, McTominay, Sancho, Fernandes, Rashford, Martial
• LFC XI: Alisson, Mabaya, Phillips, Gomez, Chambers, Henderson, Morton, Carvalho, Elliott, Diaz, Firmino
• 11’ - GOAL! Sancho buries the first goal in the Ten Hag era for United
• 29’ - GOAL! Fred chips in United’s second
• 32’ - GOAL! Martial races through to finish after a defensive error
• Malacia on for United debut, Darwin on for first Reds game
• 77’ - GOAL! Pellistri finishes low for the fourth
• MATCH REPORT: Man United 4-0 Liverpool

[12 July 2022 15:05 · Karl Matchett]

Second half - Man United 3-0 Liverpool

De Gea wearing the captain’s armband now and United are making a host of their own changes.

So their team this half includes De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Bailly, Malacia, Pellistri, Savage, Amad and Elanga.

Adrian is on in goal for Liverpool in place of Alisson.

[12 July 2022 14:48 · Karl Matchett]

HT - Man United 3-0 Liverpool

That’s the whistle and the first 45 minutes of Erik ten Hag’s reign has been very pleasing for the Man United fans in terms of the scoreline. They have been clinical in front of goal and ruthless to capitalise on Liverpool’s errors at the back.

A very back-and-forth half, the woodwork hit twice by the Reds, and it’s 3-0 to United at the break.

[12 July 2022 14:45 · Karl Matchett]

43’ - Man United 3-0 Liverpool

Jones winds through two tackles after a fast break from Liverpool, but his left-footed finish lacks power and it’s another routine stop for De Gea. Williams just about gets away with another mistake on the ball as Martial shuts him down.

[12 July 2022 14:40 · Karl Matchett]

40’ - Man United 3-0 Liverpool

Milner takes a long pass out of the air first time like a prime Zidane, but then his bent effort at goal is rather less so. Easy for De Gea.

Bajcetic tackles Fernandes and Oxlade-Chamberlain wins the battle with Rashford as Liverpool look to up the energy again.

[12 July 2022 14:37 · Karl Matchett]

36’ - Man United 3-0 Liverpool

Dalot almost makes it four but rattles the crossbar from a narrow angle.

Liverpool’s team is now: Alisson, Frauendorf, Matip, Williams, Tsimikas, Milner, Bajcetic, Clarkson, Jones, Clark, Oxlade-Chamberlain

[12 July 2022 14:33 · Karl Matchett]

GOAL! 32’ - Man United 3-0 Liverpool

Liverpool make their first crop of subs, new-look team to follow.

Rhys Williams, Tsimikas, Milner, Bajcetic, Clark and Jones are among those on...and Rhys Williams with an immediate error, Martial races through and clips it in!

[12 July 2022 14:31 · Karl Matchett]

GOAL! 29’ - Man United 2-0 Liverpool

Total shambles at the back as Henderson and Phillips get in each others’ way, Gomez only half-clears and Fred clips a beauty of an effort over Alisson and into the net from the edge of the box!

[12 July 2022 14:28 · Karl Matchett]

25’ - Man United 1-0 Liverpool

Carvalho tries to run through the centre but De Gea’s position is good. McTominay then turns on the edge of the box and shoots, but it’s routine for Alisson.

United having more possession over the last 10 minutes or so ahead of teh first expected batch of subs.

[12 July 2022 14:23 · Karl Matchett]

20’ - Man United 1-0 Liverpool

Luke Shaw is signalling to the bench and might be making an early exit. Malacia could make an early entrance.

Gomez heads wide off a corner - he’s never scored for Liverpool, or indeed anyone in his professional career.

Now Phillips is caught again by Sancho and he cuts it back for Rashford - but Mabaya makes a fine block.

[12 July 2022 14:19 · Karl Matchett]

16’ - Man United 1-0 Liverpool

Phillips again gets himself in a muddle and Rashford is in this time - but he can’t get an angle on his finish and only finds the side-netting.

Liverpool are set to change the entire 11 on the half-hour mark, with another total swap-out on the hour mark. Three different teams for Klopp today on the first outing.

Now, Carvalho surges through the middle and finds Elliott, he tees up Chambers - and it’s blocked twice, then Carvalho hits the post on the rebound! It eventually falls to Diaz and he totally air-kicks his first attempt, then nearly finds the bottom corner with the second - but it’s the outside of the post and wide!