Okazaki was then denied by the crossbar a minute later when he met Marc Albrighton’s corner with a powerful header as the Premier League champions threatened United’s goal.
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He said: “I am very pleased with our performance, we are in pre-season and we played against a big team but we deserve, minimum, to play the penalty shoot-out”.
“It is why I came here, and hopefully there will be more. I know the player he is, but you always have a question mark when a player comes to a new level”, Mourinho told BT Sport.
30-year-old Rooney has clocked up 512 appearances for United, since his move from Everton in 2004, for whom he appeared 77 times.
Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the 83rd minute victor with a towering header, while Ivory Coast defender Eric Bailly was an aggressive and mobile presence in central defendce.
Huge figures were also evident in the debit column under David Moyes and Louis van Gaal, but the talk from both managers was far more guarded than what Mourinho’s mighty mouth delivered in his first press conference alone. ‘This is my 31st trophy and I’m super happy.
The former Sweden worldwide couldn’t have asked for a better start at United as he scored an 83rd victor on his first official game for the club. We wanted to win the prize again and we did it.
A second series, charting Salford’s fortunes in winning promotion from the Northern Premier League to the National League North – two divisions below the Football League – last season will screen in two parts on the BBC from August 25.
He said: “It’s between City or United, I say United”. I think it’s nice and the spirit is good and to play against a team that is an end product, a team that is working together and plays exactly the same team as they had last season just without Kante and King playing instead. It’s a very stupid motivation but if you look in a different perspective, it’s what we have to do.
Schmeichel has been impressed by the new recruits and believes the extra pace the likes of Ahmed Musa and Bartosz Kapustka will provide can make them an even more formidable prospect.
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The new boss spoke of having identified four problem areas in his new first team squad and all have been quickly addressed. Marquez, who compares Bailly to Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos, helped him overcome homesickness, but said he’d never worked with a player so physically strong.
