Pre-Season: Derby County 1 - 2 Manchester United

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Manchester United have kickstarted their pre-season campaign with a 2-1 victory over Derby County

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A heavily-rotated Manchester United side at the start of their first sessions this summer took the lead with a goal from Tahith Chong. Facundo Pellistri later netted the second goal.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fielded a mostly youthful side - with Tom Heaton making his second debut for the club and Juan Mata was named as captain.

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James Garner, Dylan Levitt, Anthony Elanga and Teden Mengi started, while Tahith Chong was a surprise name in the squad ahead of his loan spell with Birmingham City.

Jesse Lingard, who spent the second half of last season on loan at West Ham United, could have scored with a wonderful strike. 

United's next pre season is a match against QPR. The match will once again be shown on MUTV.

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Reaction from Ole, some of the players and United fans

Tom Heaton is clearly loving life back at United. It will be interesting to see how many matches he is involved in over the next few months.

The Manchester United spoke with the club's social media accounts about the positive start to their campaign.

David Bell tweeted: " Decent performance in our first pre-season friendly. Pellistri had a great half. Brandon was brilliant. Definitely needs more game time this season."

Wayne Rooney spoke about his reception from the Manchester United fans and the lack of a 'wave'. 

He said:"I have a lot of respect for the club I love. At the Europa final, I'm there supporting them on & there will be moments again where I am a United fan. But today my loyalty & full focus was on Derby County."

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