What a goal that would have been.

Alexis Sanchez gets his head up and, with minimal backlift, whips a delicious cross-field ball in behind Alberto Moreno for Juan Mata.

The Spaniard controls with one touch and dispatches a shot past Kamil Grabara with his second.

But the offside flag is up to ruin the scene for the Manchester United fans in the house.

The replay, from a shonky angle, is not conclusive, but suggest it was the correct call.

With Alisson Becker on board, suddenly the whole Liverpool goalkeeper staff fancy themselves as jogo bonitio merchants.

Kamil Grabara, 19, on his first-team debut, collects a backpass with Alexis Sanchez bearing down on him.

No problem. The Pole drops a shoulder one way, goes the other and saunters upfield like it ain't no thing.

More nice stuff from Liverpool.

Sadio Mane, who has looked in the mood after inheriting Philippe Coutinho's number 10 shirt, gives, goes and darts into the box.

His cross is accurate, but a stooping Mohamed Salah cannot generate the power to really test Lee Grant.

Manchester United swaying on the ropes, but somehow survive unbreached.

First Lee Grant reacts well in goal to tip Mohamed Salah's clever header over the top as the Egyptian flicks on Sadio Mane's lofted through-ball.

From the resulting corner, United hack clear off the line as Virgil van Dijk wins a header.

Liverpool definitely on top in the early exchanges.

A quick throw-in from Rafael Camacho exposes some snoozy United defending, James Milner cuts the ball back and Dominic Solanke attempts to poke in from close range with a cheeky backheel.

Eric Bailly is there to block.

Mo Salah doing what Mo Salah does.

The Egyptian runs a clever angle in behind the Manchester United defence, aiming to exploit a hole left by Demetri Mitchell.

James Milner's pass is a touch overcooked though.

Hello.

Did someone order the side plate of spice?

James Milner and Andreas Pereira come crunching together, a tangle of limbs, a little bit of push and shove after.

Just what every pre-season friendly needs.

Liverpool are enjoying most of the early possession, knocking it about at the back.

Fabinho drops deep to pick the ball up off Virgil van Dijk, but Sadio Mane's ball forward is cut out.

The first free-kick of the match as James Milner snaps into a challenge.

Well, Manchester United are the designated home side, but that doesn't stop the Michigan Stadium tannoy man from dropping the needle on his copy of You'll Never Walk Alone.

The referee is not having any of that malarky, blowing for the start of the game mid-chorus.

We are under way.

The crowd is clad mostly in red. But neither of the teams are.

Liverpool are wearing their arctic fox white-and-grey number as they stroll out. Manchester United in their smart royal blue get-up.

Got to shift the merchandise.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport in Ann Arbor

Liverpool’s keeper is 19.

He cost £250,000 from Polish club Ruch Chorzow in 2016.

He has never played in front of 100,000 people before.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been making friends over in the United States, joining some of the local fans for a sing-a-long of last season's Champions League campaign anthem.

I can't see Jose being convinced to do this...

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According to MUTV, we are looking at an attendance of 95,000 today.

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Marcos Rojo could be on his way out of Old Trafford to raise funds and make way for Leicester and England defender Harry Maguire, according to a report in the Times today., external

Wolves are among those interested in the 28-year-old, who is apparently on offer for £20m.

Right-back Matteo Darmian could also be on his way, with AC Milan, Juventus and Inter Milan interested in the £15m-rated 28-year-old, the Times adds.

The total bill for Maguire is estimated at £65m.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport in Michigan

It was heaving outside over two hours before kick-off.

The queues waiting for the gates to open were enormous.

Not many British accents but a lot of red shirts.

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Manchester United's pre-season has been short and solid, if a little unspectacular.

The Red Devils drew 1-1 with Club America, external in sauna-like conditions in Pheonix, Juan Mata with the goal and new recruit Lee Grant looking solid on his first start between the sticks.

A goalless draw with San Jose Earthquakes saw Alexis Sanchez take the field after a visa hold-up meant he travelled to the States later than the rest of the squad. Antonio Valencia picked up a calf problem that could see him miss the start of the season.

Sanchez scored United's goal in a 1-1 draw with AC Milan which was decided in United's favour after a 26-penalty shootout.

Anthony Martial's decision to head back to Paris to be with his partner and newborn second child - a choice which reportedly upset Jose Mourinho - dominated the post-match chat.

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Liverpool's come into this match with one defeat from their six pre-season friendlies.

They beat Chester 7-0 at the Deva Stadium - with two each for Daniel Sturridge and Harry Wilson.

Then there was a 3-2 win over Tranmere that featured a rick from goalkeeper Loris Karius., external

A goalless draw with Bury was followed by a 2-0 win over Blackburn, which saw promising signs of an understanding being struck up between Daniel Sturridge and new signing Naby Keita.

After leaving the north-west for North America and the glitzier opposition offered by the International Champions Cup, Liverpool lost 3-1 to Borussia Dortmund, with rumoured Reds target Christian Pulisic scoring twice for the Germans.

Mo Salah and Sadio Mane made goal-scoring returns after their World Cup exploits in the 2-1 win over Manchester City in New Jersey on Thursday.

One thing that has become obvious in Liverpool's time in North America is the cult-like status of Mohammed Salah.

Last season's Premier League top scorer and the figurehead of Egypt's drive to a first World Cup in 28 years, he was the focus of many fans' attention in the win over Manchester City in New Jersey on Thursday.

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And footage released by organisers, external yesterday showed fans waiting up to eight hours to catch a glimpse of their man outside the team hotel.

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Neither Manchester United nor Liverpool are going to be playing in a stadium bigger than this one any time soon.

The Michigan Stadium - nicknamed 'the Big House' - packs in an astonishing 107,601 spectators.

Unlike the 1st of May Stadium in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang - the only bigger stadium in the world - it regularly reaches capacity.

At the end of the 2014 University of Michigan football season it had racked up 258 consecutive crowds in excess of 100,000.

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Jose Mourinho has been stirring the pot.

There has been a bit of back and forth in the media in the build-up to this match with Mourinho claiming that Liverpool's summer spending needs to be justified by a "new Premier League record" over the following campaign.

Klopp responded by claiming that one of his "life goals is to make Jose Mourinho smile".

This season might be pretty fruity between those two.