Man Utd 2-4 AC Milan: Ruben Amorim inflicts heavy defeat on former club as final pre-season friendly unravels
Report and free match highlights as Manchester United's final pre-season friendly ends in a 4-2 defeat to AC Milan in Wroclaw, Poland; goals from Harry Maguire and Patrick Dorgu were wiped out as Milan came from behind; Bruno Fernandes missed a penalty
Saturday 15 August 2026 18:21, UK
Manchester United collapsed to a 4-2 defeat as Ruben Amorim’s AC Milan came from behind to win in Poland.
Harry Maguire had opened the scoring in the second minute when he headed in from Bruno Fernandes' corner and when Amad Diallo came close to a second soon after it looked likely to be a difficult day for Amorim in his first meeting against his former club.
But after Senne Lammens did well to keep out Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Goncalo Ramos laid an equaliser on for Samuel Chukwueze. United then squandered the opportunity to go in ahead at the interval when Fernandes had his firmly struck penalty well saved.
Patrick Dorgu did seized on a sloppy back-pass by Filippo Terracciano to restore United's advantage but they were pegged back once more when Alphadjo Cisse ghosted in at the far post as Chukwueze tore Michael Carrick's team apart on the right for the Rossoneri.
The winger set up Ramos to nod Milan in front for the first time and it was that same flank that was exposed when Ruben Loftus-Cheek made it four. With the Premier League season under way next weekend it was a little alarming how things unravelled.
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The introduction of the United substitutes did not help with Lisandro Martinez easing his way back after his World Cup exertions and Kobbie Mainoo also returning. Marcus Rashford came on too for his first appearance for his boyhood club in 20 months.
The key moments from Poland
2 - GOAL! Maguire heads in Fernandes' corner
6 - CLOSE! Amad robs Pavlovic and is almost in
15 - SAVE! Lammens does well to deny Loftus-Cheek
37 - GOAL! Ramos sets up Chukwueze for a tap-in
41 - PENALTY SAVED! Fernandes denied from the spot
51 - GOAL! Dorgu seizes on poor pass to score
57 - GOAL! Cisse ghosts in at the far post to level
61 - SUB! Rashford on for first United game in 20 months
68 - GOAL! Ramos nods in from Chukwueze's centre
71 - GOAL! Loftus-Cheek nets after racing down the right
Analysis: How ready are Man Utd?
There have been positives for Manchester United in pre-season with Andrey Santos emerging as a real asset for the club and while Youri Tielemans is still settling in, the new-look midfield has promise. But this defeat showed that others are far from ready.
Perhaps that is to be expected with the likes of Martinez, Mainoo and Rashford working their way towards fitness but the first Premier League game of the season away to Hull is less than a week away now and it is not the sort of game in which United can slip up.
The system is settled and Carrick is working on those patterns but question marks over the personnel remain. Can Luke Shaw really be relied upon as heavily as he was last season? Do United still need another midfielder? More questions than answers in Poland.
Man Utd's pre-season in full
July 18: Man Utd 0-1 Wrexham - Helsinki
July 24: Man Utd 5-0 Rosenborg - Trondheim
August 1: Man Utd 2-1 Atletico Madrid - Stockholm
August 8: Man Utd 1-1 PSG - Gothenburg
August 12: Leeds 1-1 Man Utd (4-5 pens) - Dublin
August 15: Man Utd 2-4 AC Milan - Wroclaw
