Real Madrid 2-0 Manchester United: Jude Bellingham scores in man-of-the-match performance

Bellingham celebrates opening the scoring for Real Madrid against Manchester United

Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham scored his archetypal extremity and was named antheral of the lucifer successful a 2-0 triumph implicit Manchester United successful a pre-season affable successful Houston, Texas.

Joselu sealed the triumph 2 minutes from clip successful beforehand of a 67,801 assemblage astatine the NRG Stadium.

"There is simply a batch to purpose for," Bellingham said aft the match. "It is the biggest nine with the champion players.

"The expectations are high, arsenic they should be. It is astir america going retired determination and matching that."

On the grounds of his show against AC Milan connected Sunday and present United, Bellingham has settled successful already.

A terms tag that could yet scope £115m is not weighing him down. He has excelled successful his caller presumption astatine the extremity of an attacking diamond and his superb extremity showed helium has the people to excel astatine the Bernabeu Stadium.

"I look similar I americium enjoying it, I similar to think," helium said.

"I was assured coming present due to the fact that I knew however bully the players were. I cognize the qualities I tin bring and I consciousness similar I person slotted in.

"The relation I americium playing is enjoyable. I had a decent crippled against AC Milan and a decent 1 today.

"I americium enjoying playing with this team, learning from truthful galore large players. I americium decidedly not getting carried distant conscionable yet. There are large challenges to travel and I conscionable privation to support up the bushed going into the season."

Bellingham dismissed a first-half altercation with United defender Lisandro Martinez arsenic the brace clashed pursuing a nasty tackle from the Argentine.

Bellingham pushed his opponent, who responded earlier Mason Mount stepped successful to calm the situation.

"It was 1 of those things," helium said. "I came successful astatine half-time and I was unhappy. But erstwhile helium came implicit to privation maine each the champion erstwhile helium came off, I truly respected it.

"It was 2 players trying to triumph for their squad and sometimes it spills over. That is portion of the game. He is simply a large rival and a large player."

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