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Manchester United have been beaten 1-0 by Rosenborg in a pre-season friendly in Norway.

ERIK TEN HAG FUMES AFTER MANCHESTER UNITED BEATEN IN PRE-SEASON OPENER – ‘NOT THE STANDARD FOR TOP FOOTBALL’

A starting XI containing Marcus Rashford, Casemiro, Mason Mount, Jonny Evans and Aaron Wan Bissaka played out a goalless first half, before a youthful second-half line-up conceded the only goal of the game late on.

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Manchester United were beaten 1-0 by Norwegian side Rosenborg in their first pre-season friendly; United conceded 22 shots and were saved by the woodwork four times; Erik ten Hag: “Our performance as a team is by far not good enough… this is not the standard of top football”

Erik ten Hag was left unimpressed by Manchester United’s players in their 1-0 pre-season loss to Rosenborg, saying their performance was “by far not good enough” and “not the top standard of football”.

United were dominated by the Norwegian side, who are in the midst of their domestic season. Rosenborg hit the post four times and had 22 shots on the United goal before eventually taking the lead in the 93rd minute through Noah Holm’s late strike.

Ten Hag named Marcus Rashford, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Jonny Evans, Mason Mount and captain for the day Casemiro in their starting line-up before taking all of the outfield players off at half-time in a planned switch.

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Last season, Man Utd conceded 20 or more shots in a Premier League game on 15 occasions.

“The result is not secondary. We play pre-season but at Manchester United, there’s a standard,” said Ten Hag to MUTV after the game.

“You win games. Definitely you don’t lose games. If you can’t win, don’t lose the game as we did at the end, the last second of the game.

“The performance is more important. The performance was below standard.”