Manchester United Lose in Japan
Manchester United lost 2-1 to current J-League leaders Kashima Antlers in a pre-season friendly at Tokyo's National Stadium.
Masashi Motoyama scored twice for Kashima with Ryan Giggs netting for United. All the goals came in the first half. Ruud van Nistelrooy and Louis Saha were guilty of some bad misses for the Reds and the game ended with a bitter argument between van Nistelrooy and defender Rio Ferdinand.
United wrap up their tour of Japan with another friendly against Urawa Reds at Saitama's World Cup stadium just outside Tokyo on Saturday.
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