Manchester United beat Barcelona 3-1 in friendly

Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard celebrates scoring their second goal. The Red Devils improved to 3-0 in the global Champions Cup, this time getting the best of Luis Suarez and Barca while playing under clear skies for a sellout crowd of 68,416 at the United States dollars 1.3 billion home of the San Francisco 49ers.

United are next in action against reigning Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday and Mirror Sport understands Schweinsteiger must figure for at least 30 minutes in that game to be considered for selection against Tottenham on the opening day of the 2015/16 Barclays Premier League campaign.

Enrique also added that United is a good team, and they can win their league as well.

A free header for Sergio Busquets from Rafinha’s corner was held easily by De Gea, before Suarez struck the other post on this occasion, with a left foot shot on the turn.

Barcelona were unlucky not to claim an equaliser just after the hour mark, when Suarez looked to have been fouled by Daley Blind in the penalty area.

Saturday’s meeting was back-and-forth with scrambling defense and heroic goalkeeping, especially by Man United keeper David De Gea, who joined the team this week. Van Gaal was impressed with De Gea’s play in his return from an injury.

When he was asked how and the players felt about all the hordes of fans in the U.S. who get up at 4 am to watch matches and sometimes take off work to do so, he replied that he sees the fans waiting for them at hotels and training; the team is generally very strict in their schedules: eat, sleep, train, rinse, repeat, so it’s not always possible to take time out from that to interact- or perhaps more specifically, switch the mental focus.

Alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar, Suarez formed a potent forward line for Luis Enrique – the trio registering 122 goals in all competitions between them.

Juan Mata’s superb cross-field pass found Young in acres of space, and the winger ran at the Barcelona defence before taking on the shot, only for Marc-Andre ter Stegen to unorthodoxly save the ball over the bar with his right arm. And the Reds threatened again in the 32nd with a flurry of chances. “It hurt both teams”.

United might even have extended their lead moments later when Januzaj latched onto a long ball and shot just wide.