With new
signing Romelu Lukaku starting on the bench, England striker Rashford reminded
manager Jose Mourinho of his eye for goal with an energetic display against an
outclassed Galaxy team.
Rashford
opened the scoring after only two minutes, punishing an error from Ariel
Lassiter near the Galaxy penalty area to dart in on goal and place his finish
beyond goalkeeper Jon Kempin.
The
19-year-old doubled his tally in the 20th minute, latching onto a clever pass
from Juan Mata to make it 2-0.
Marouane
Fellaini put United 3-0 ahead five minutes later, tucking a low shot past the
hapless Kempin after good work down the left flank by Jesse Lingard.
United boss
Mourinho changed his entire line-up at half-time, handing a debut to Lukaku,
who completed his record transfer from Everton earlier this week.
The Belgian
international might have opened his United account within four minutes of
coming on, but saw his shot saved by the Galaxy’s Brian Rowe, who replaced
Kempin at half-time.
The
remainder of the half resembled a training exercise, with United dominating
possession against a Galaxy line-up who also made wholesale changes at half-time.
Anthony
Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan both went close while new signing Victor
Lindelof should have done better with a close-range effort that flew over the
bar.
However on
67 minutes United got their fourth of the night when Martial burst forward and
threaded a pass to Mkhitaryan who made no mistake with a confident low strike.
Martial made
it 5-0 five minutes later, rifling home Timothy Fosu-Mensah’s pullback.
The Galaxy
meanwhile, who had failed to register a single attempt on goal in the first half,
bagged the first of two late consolation goals when Giovani dos Santos caught
Lindelof napping to score past Joel Pereira.
A Romain
Alessandrini corner was then nodded home by Dave Romney in the 89th minute,
deflecting off Dos Santos on its way into the net.
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