Manchester United's Pereira stars in victory over AC Milan

IANS  |  Carson (United States) 

Manchester United's third was the hero for the English team, who edged out AC Milan on penalties after a 1-1 draw in a pre-season friendly here.

had opened the scoring in the 12th minute for United, who were playing their third pre-season friendly on their tour of the Coast.

Former forward cancelled out the Chilean's opener three minutes later for side.

"The game was good. Good training session against a team with more time than us, with more players than us, so was a good training session", said.

"It's very competitive and in the end the penalties for me means nothing but I think fans, especially American fans, enjoy the penalty shootout and was good fun", the Portuguese added.

The game lacked fluency, which was to be expected with both teams missing several first teamers who are resting after

Manchester United open their campaign on August 7 with a home match against

"We had players in three teams that reached the last two days of the WC. They are back on Aug. 6, so it's very very difficult", Mourinho said.

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First Published: Thu, July 26 2018. 17:48 IST