Sir Alex Ferguson felt inexperience was to blame for Manchester United's surprise defeat by 10-man Kansas City Wizards.
Kei Kamara scored the Wizards' winner in the 42nd minute as the Major League Soccer side excelled in front of 52,424 fans at the Arrowhead Stadium. Dimitar Berbatov had pulled United level a minute earlier from the penalty spot after Davy Arnaud had opened the scoring for the hosts in the 11th minute.
Ferguson fielded a young defence from the start, with Ben Amos in goal and Rafael, Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans and Ritchie De Laet making up the back four.
Ferguson said: "I thought the inexperience of the defenders showed in the first 15 minutes. We never quite recovered from that. "That was a bit of a handicap, that inexperience."
Source: PA
Source: PA