Manchester United vs Athletic Club LIVE! Friendly result, match stream and latest updates

Manchester United 1-1 Athletic Club LIVE!

The final pre-season game of Manchester United’s extensive summer schedule took place on Sunday with a clash against La Liga side Athletic in Dublin. Bilbao proved sturdy opposition for what, as expected, was a largely second-string United team at the Aviva Stadium.

Erik ten Hag’s first-team secured a victory over Lens at Old Trafford yesterday to set themselves up for the Premier League kick-off against Wolves next week and will take something from this draw, secured in the last minute by Facundo Pellistri’s goal, too. The game saw Harry Maguire, Donny van de Beek and plenty of United youngsters get valuable game-time, as they staked their claim for more involvement in the season to come.

New signing Rasmus Hojlund did not feature despite being officially unveiled as a United player on Saturday, due to injury. See how the game unfolded on the Standard Sport match blog below.

Man Utd vs Athletic Club highlights

• GOAL! Pellistri levels late on

• GOAL! Maguire error leads to opener

Thanks for joining us!

18:47 , Marc Mayo

Thanks for joining this live blog today. Next time Manchester United will be in action, it will be the start of their Premier League season against Wolves.

Catch up on what went on in Dublin with Erik ten Hag’s reaction and our match report!

Ten Hag reaction

18:30 , Dominic Booth

The manager has been speaking to MUTV about today’s draw, the pre-season campaign as a whole and the youngsters who have impressed him:

“They deserve it, otherwise we don’t line them up. In pre-season, we have to give them opportunities, but they have to take it. Be brave and show yourself if you want to stay in the first team.

“In one week, two times, we were losing, but this team showed character. We have to show resilience, and you have to at times show the determination.

“They don’t give up, they fight until the end. I’m happy we got the equaliser, and we had to fight for it. Today I saw good spells, at the start we were very good, and we should’ve scored.”

Herrera reaction

18:17 , Dominic Booth

Nice words.

Heaton reaction

18:17 , Dominic Booth

The stand-in goalkeeper has given his verdict on new arrival Andre Onana after the game, amid a fair amount of discussion over the £47million man.

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Here’s the equalising goal:

FULL TIME

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And that late goal means it ends 1-1 here in Dublin and United avoid the ignominy of a pre-season defeat in their final friendly before the start of the Premier League season proper. Pellistri’s stoppage time goal was deserved, in truth, a draw probably fair.

GOAL! Man United 1-1 Athletic Club (Pellistri 90’)

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PELLSTRI SCORES!

He latches onto Maguire’s header to ensure it finishes 1-1

Added time

17:50 , Dominic Booth

90 mins: We’ll get two minutes of stoppage time.

Simon has caught absolutely everything in the Bilbao goal, but United haven’t forced him into making too many genuine saves.

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87 mins: Eriksen finds Evans’ head at the back post and again the ball is put back into trouble and nobody can bury the second ball. Lindelof then nods over wastefully from the corner.

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85 mins: Evans is the latest player to get a booking. We’ve had a few this afternoon. Now another, actually, as Imanol makes a cynical foul.

Maguire then gets forward and round to the back post, volleys back into the box but nobody is there to finish the move off.

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82 mins: Evans is now stationed at left-back and is tasked with whipping in a left-footed cross... it flies safely into Simon’s grateful clutches.

Then Forson races forward and gets United a free-kick after being felled.

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80 mins: Noam Emeran is going to be the next substitute for United. Gore comes off.

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78 mins: Joe Hugill cannot make contact with a header... if he had, there’d have been a goal for United coming his way. All the pressure being put on by the red shirts now, with Evans and Maguire raiding forward from centre-back.

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75 mins: An almighty cheer for former United star Ander Herrera as he enters the fray for Bilbao.

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74 mins: It’s nearly 2-0 and it’s that combination of Inaki Williams and Muniain that continue to cause devastation. Pulled back by the former for the latter, with Evans beaten, but he can’t conver the pull-back.

Lindelof now playing at left-back for United, by the way.

17:32 , Dominic Booth

72 mins: A decent opening for Hannibal after Wan-Bissaka’s cross from the right. Curled over on the volley.

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71 mins: It’s probably going to be United camping out in the Athletic Club half for the rest of this game.

A good test for these players with regards to breaking down a resilient, deep-lying and determined defence.

17:28 , Dominic Booth

68 mins: Aitor Paredes pulled down Hannibal and the referee followed the letter of the law in giving him his marching orders.

Eriksen whallops the resulting free-kick over the bar. Can United get a goal against 10-men now?

Red card!

17:26 , Dominic Booth

66 mins: Another mistake on the ball by a United defender brings about an Athletic attack, with Lindelof at fault this time.

The game is becoming a little more stretched now.

Oh and we have a red card! Paredes is off for Bilbao!

17:23 , Dominic Booth

63 mins: Two players at opposite ends of the age spectrum are about to come on for United, Jonny Evans and Joe Hugill. Fernandez and Sancho are the men going off.

On the pitch, Lekue went into the book for a late one on Pellistri but the free-kick doesn’t bring about a clearcut chance.

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61 mins: The defenders are on top at the minute. The pace has somewhat gone out of this game, hopefully temporarily.

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58 mins: Gore is very busy in the United midfield, and again he’s penalised for a late tackle. United are visibly trying to put a bit more pressure on the blue shirts of Bilbao now.

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56 mins: Nobody likes a short free-kick as much as Muniain and this Athletic side.

They’ve tried them a few times and they haven’t quite worked.

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53 mins: Big cheers for Jonny Evans as he warms up on the sideline at the Aviva Stadium.

Will we see the Northern Irishman in the Republic capital later today?

17:11 , Dominic Booth

51 mins: Eriksen rakes out a wonderful pass to Forson on the left flank – minutes after he was nearly dispossed with catastrophic results, only to be bailed out by an offside flag.

It doesn’t quite work out for United in the end. They’ve lacked a killer touch in the final third today.

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49 mins: Another opening for Pellistri, dashing down the right past his man, but his cross is towards nobody in particular.

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47 mins: Pellistri has began the second half the way he started the first. He’s a bundle of energy and tricks, with his cross setting up Sancho to cushion down for Eriksen, with Gore then shooting straight at Simon.

SECOND HALF

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Back under way in Dublin!

Hannibal Mejbri is on for United, replacing Van de Beek.

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This is the goal and the moment that separates the two teams at the break.

HALF TIME

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Manchester United 0-1 Athletic Club.

Not the greatest first half for United and Ten Hag doesn’t look massively impressed. Some thinking for him to do at the interval, and potentially some changes to come.

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44 mins: Lindelof wins the header from the resulting corner but it’s tamely up in the air for Simon to catch.

Eriksen then whips in a cross towards Van de Beek and it’s wide.

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43 mins: Nice play from Fernandez down the left. The youngster is making a decent case to be retained as one of the club’s left-back options for the coming season.

Good play from Pellistri and Gore but the chance just evades the Uruguayan, before Van de Beek wins a corner trying to tip-toe through.

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40 mins: The referee dishes out the game’s first yellow card, to Athletic’s de Galarreta.

Ten Hag is channelling his inner Darth Sidious on the sideline, black hood over his head and eyes. He does not seem overly impressed, neither with the weather or United’s performance.

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38 mins: A Dublin downpour is now saturating this stadium and its fans, especially in the open area behind one of the goals. Coats are urgently sought.

On the pitch, United are calming things down by enjoying a spell of uninterrupted possesion.

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36 mins: Forson just flagged offside as United seek an instant response. Sancho remains a livewire for Ten Hag’s side.

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34 mins: United have fallen behind in a number of these pre-season games, whatever the strength of their side and whoever the opponents.

Can they respond here?

Man United 0-1 Athletic: GOAL! Nico Williams ‘30

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Nico Williams scores for the Spanish side!

That was an error from Maguire that allowed them to carve up the United defence, with Heaton well beaten in the end.

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26 mins: The referee gave a free-kick on the edge of the box instead – what a good call that is, judging from the replay.

Williams was tripped by Fernandez. The kick is worked short but Heaton saves comfortably in the end.

Penalty?

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24 mins: Eriksen gets crowded out in the middle and then Gore is late with a resulting challenge.

The youngster has already been sent off in pre-season and that was a bit spic, too. Keep calm, lads , it’s still friendly season.

And now... Bilbao have a penalty, do they? Fernandez with the foul.

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22 mins: Is that a United penalty? Pellistri goes over in the box, trying to latch onto a nice Fernandez pass, but the referee says no.

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20 mins: The crowd thought Van de Beek was about to score, but he’s flagged rightly offside from Sancho’s pass.

It’s been fairly high-energy stuff this, for a pre-season friendly.

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17 mins: A wild old shot from de Galarreta flies over the bar. United are landing themselves in trouble with some sloppy play in possession.

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15 mins: Delightful stuff from Jadon Sancho, shimmying away from his marker with a canny nutmeg and then feeding the onrushing Forson, who cannot quite get in on goal, as Simon shuffles off his line to smother.

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14 mins: The referee isn’t happy with a forceful Aaron Wan-Bissaka challenge that came in on Muniain from behind. No booking, since this is a friendly.

United have been a bit sloppy in the last few minutes. Alvaro Fernandez heads them to safety after a dangerous cross came in. Then Heaton saves simply from Williams’ effort.

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11 mins: Williams (x2) and Muniain make a dangerous trio for Athletic up top. The Basque club are enjoying their best spell right now.

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8 mins: The jet-heeled Pellistri has been electric so far. Forson has been lively on the other wing, too, and he knocks a long ball down nicely for Sancho and United get a corner in the end as Van de Beek has it taken off his toes in the box.

Van de Beek eventually gets on the end of the corner but steers tamely at Simon.

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5 mins: Dan Gore is occupying the deep midfield role alongside Eriksen for United at the moment, with Van de Beek stationed higher up in the No.10 role. Lots of possession for the Red Devils so far, with the blue shirted Bilbao players looking to press high.

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3 mins: An even bigger chance follows, as Sancho finds himself one-on-one with the goalkeeper, Unai Simon, opts to take it on his left foot but cannot guide it into the corner.

A decent save, but Sancho should have scored. There might be a fair few chances for United today based on this start!

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2 mins: Nearly a rapid start for United, as Pellistri picks up a loose Bilbao pass and drives straight at the defence, laying off to Sancho, but the defenders get back just in time.

KICK OFF!

16:02 , Dominic Booth

Here we go.

One odd thing to note is that Tom Heaton is wearing the captain’s armband for United today, despite the fact Harry Maguire is in the team. His demotion from being the club skipper is real.

15:54 , Dominic Booth

The warm-ups are done and the teams will shortly be out in front of a bumper Dublin crowd at the Aviva Stadium.

The last knockings of Manchester United’s pre-season.

15:35 , Dominic Booth

Less than half an hour until kick-off now in Dublin.

Just a reminder that you can catch Standard Sport’s coverage of the Community Shield between Arsenal and Manchester City here. Tottenham are also in pre-season action against Shakhtar Donetsk, which you can also follow.

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A familar face in the opposition ranks today for United.

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Andre Onana was quick to take responsibility for the slightly embarrassing goal Manchester United conceded in their friendly win over Lens yesterday.

The new keeper was lobbed in the first half after a stray Diogo Dalot pass. This is what Onana told MUTV about it after the match:

Andre Onana

Read more from him here.

Team news analysis

15:00 , Dominic Booth

It’s a completed changed Man United XI that Ten Hag has picked in Dublin, but a fairly strong one nontheless – as strong as he feasibly could have fielded.

Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof both have points to prove now they’re no longer first choice centre-backs (with Maguire strongly linked with a move away). There’s no sign of another player close to an exit in the shape of Fred; he’s potentially off to Galatasary.

Jadon Sancho may well be starting in the No.9 role today, flanked by youngsters Dan Gore and Omari Forson – he’s another player who needs to lay down a marker this afternoon, as does Aaron Wan-Bissaka if he’s to start the season as first pick right-back.

Manchester United XI

14:46 , Dominic Booth

Heaton; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Fernandez; Van de Beek, Eriksen; Pellistri, Gore, Forson; Sancho

Subs: Kovar, Wooster, Evans, Jurado, Collyer, Hannibal, Emeran, Hugill

14:44 , Dominic Booth

We’re expecting to get the official team news very soon from Dublin, so stay tuned.

14:29 , Dominic Booth

The United players are in the Republic of Ireland ahead of today’s game.

Yesterday’s game

14:08 , Dominic Booth

Manchester United’s 3-1 friendly win over RC Lens at Old Trafford on Saturday had a bit of everything.

A nightmare moment for Andre Onana, a goal and an assist for Antony and Marcus Rashford back to something approaching his best. Alejandro Garnacho was also in very sharp form.

Many of those players won’t feature today, but here’s our report on a promising day in pre-season.

Prediction

13:49 , Dominic Booth

It’s always hard to predict pre-season games, given teams will be at different stages in their preparations for the season proper. And it’s especially tricky today, given that United played a game on Saturday, with the team to be completely contrasting – you never know what they’ll serve up.

But we’re going for a 2-1 United win; Ten Hag should still field a strong enough lineup to win the game.

Man United team news today

13:43 , Dominic Booth

Nine Manchester United players got full 90 minute outings under their belt in their 3-1 win over Lens on Saturday.

So that means the likes of Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof and Christian Eriksen – who didn’t feature at all – are primed to come into the side for this trip. Amad, Kobbie Mainoo, Tyrell Malacia and Anthony Martial are injured and all unlikely to be available, while the game also comes too soon for new signing Rasmus Hojlund.

Predicted Man Utd XI: Heaton; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Williams; Hannibal, Eriksen; Pellistri, Van de Beek, Forson; Sancho

More on the team news can be found here

How to watch

13:36 , Dominic Booth

A reminder that today’s game is being screened on United’s in-house TV channel, MUTV. If you haven’t got a subscription to that, you can simply follow this very live blog instead.

Kick off and venue

13:35 , Dominic Booth

Hello and welcome to today’s live blog of Manchester United’s final pre-season game of summer 2023.

It’s off to Ireland and Dublin’s Aviva Stadium for this one, and it’s a 4pm kick-off (UK and Irish time), as Erik ten Hag takes charge of a changed United side against Athletic Club of Bilbao.

Stick with us for all the pre-match information, team news, match build-up and live updates.