United edge out Pompey

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Chris Eagles and Carlos Tevez did the damage for the English and European champions in Sunday's friendly against the FA Cup winners, with Jermain Defoe on target for Pompey.

Although both sides will expect improvement when they meet again in the Community Shield on August 10 and, more importantly still, the Barclays Premier League two weeks after that.

Should the Premier League ever manage to force through their badly-received plan for a 39th game on tour, it is to be hoped they keep ticket prices at a reasonable level.

For, while Nigeria as a whole and Abuja in particular are viewed as teeming with United supporters, the national stadium was sparsely populated, lending a further air of unreality to an already surreal occasion.