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Manchester United defeat Leeds as pre-season friendly ends in penalties
Noussair Mazraoui kept his cool amid a bizarre finish to Manchester United’s pre-season friendly in Dublin, rolling in the decisive penalty as they beat Leeds 5-4 in a shoot-out.The match itself came to a premature end at 1-1, with referee Neil Doyle blowing the whistle bang on 90 minutes as stewards tried to clear the pitch of selfie-hunting invaders.With security slow to respond when two youngsters ran on and one grabbed a picture with United skipper Bruno Fernandes, three more joined in before the game went to a shoot-out.“You don’t want to see it but it shows the big love they have for this club,” Mazraoui said. “We’re enjoying it and the atmosphere today was amazing from the fans.”There was the rare sight of Fernandes missing from the spot in the shoot-out, but Mazraoui capitalised af
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