Manchester United enjoy trip to Dublin with penalty shootout win over Leeds

<ul><li><p>Manchester United 1-1 Leeds (5-4 on pens)</p></li><li><p>First game between two ­English clubs at Croke Park</p></li></ul><p>With blazing sunshine fading over a hot Dublin day, this penultimate friendly for Manchester United and Leeds United felt like a pre-season game on a far continent, not one&nbsp;staged a few hundred miles from&nbsp;the teams’ home across the Irish&nbsp;Sea.</p><p>The phoney-war element is always present whatever the locale, as ­players sharpen technique and fitness, so when Joshua Zirkzee’s instant left-foot shot met Diogo Dalot’s zipped-in cross and James Trafford saved low, all involved could be satisfied.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/12/manchester-united-leeds-friendly-match-report">Continue reading...</a>