Watch Full highlights of Andre Onana Man United Debut | 95% Pass Accuracy

Watch Full highlights of Andre Onana Man United Debut | 95% Pass Accuracy

Bellingham opened the scoring after five minutes with a composed finish over debutant keeper Andre Onana and, after pulling off a couple of outstanding saves, the Cameroonian had no chance again towards the end, when Joselu’s overhead kick clinched victory for the Spanish side.

The Reds certainly created a number of opportunities of our own but found Andriy Lunin in top form in the Real goal, as a crowd of 67,801 enjoyed an action-packed encounter that was played with a really competitive spirit, as three players were cautioned.

Andre Onana (Getty images)

United got off to a bad start when Kobbie Mainoo was injured after four minutes, when Rodrygo tumbled into him after being tripped by Casemiro.

It was a blow to the youngster, handed another chance to impress on such a stage, and he was hobbling away from proceedings, rather than checking the run of Bellingham seconds later.

A long ball over the top by Antonio Rudiger fed Real’s big summer signing and, although he initially looked offside, the flag stayed down to enable him to beautifully chip Onana. Replays showed it was a tight call and there was no VAR in operation in Houston.

Christian Eriksen came on and the response was almost swift, only for Alejandro Garnacho to fire too high from a promising position.

Chances came at both ends, Luke Shaw blocking a Luka Modric attempt and Vinicius Jr miskicking from a threatening break, either side of Mason Mount’s snap-shot forcing a save out of Lunin.

Onana made a smart reflex stop to deny the ever-dangerous Vinicius Jr but one of the moves of the half saw Mount, Bruno Fernandes and Eriksen all involved in the build-up, only for Marcus Rashford to be thwarted by Lunin, and a second shot soon afterwards was dragged well wide by ex-Real star Casemiro.

After 42 minutes, Lisandro Martinez, booked against Arsenal in his last appearance, picked up another yellow card for a late tackle on Bellingham, who reacted petulantly to the challenge. It’s become clear no games are friendly for the Argentina international but the flare-up quickly died down