Premier League Pre-Season Friendlies | Never Captain Nicky Butt

Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal all Win

Ashley Young took corners last night, not Nani

Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool all won friendly matches yesterday on their pre-season tours. Here are the match summaries as we prepare for our Fantasy Premier League season next month:

Federico Macheda scored 2 goals, while Michael Owen and Park Ji-Sung scored a goal each as three players who probably won’t see much of the starting lineup at Old Trafford this year impressed in a rout over the New England Revolution. Michael Carrick set up 2 goals on the same day that Manchester United were named the world’s most valuable club. Ashley Young made his debut.

Aaron Ramsey and Theo Walcott led Arsenal to a 4-0 win in Malaysia as Arsene Wenger sent out a pretty strong side. Vela and Rosicky scored in front of a crowd of nearly 70,000 fans. Nasri, RVP, and Arshavin all entered in the 67th minute and got a brief cameo for the Malaysian supporters. With RVP off the pitch, it was interesting that Ramsey stepped up to take (and score) a first half penalty.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 formation in their win over Guangdong in Asia. Charlie Adam made his debut – and he bossed second half proceedings, while youngster Jonjo Shelvey ran the show in the first half for the Reds in the 4-3 win. Andy Carroll scored in the 85th minute, and if he can stay fit the entire season, will look to establish himself as a 15-20 goalscorer in the league with such great supply line coming in from the likes of Adam and others.