Moyes grabs second win with 5-2 victory

HONG KONG , Hong Kong, July 29, 2013 (AFP) - Manchester United saw off a spirited Kitchee 5-2 on Monday in Hong Kong to give David Moyes just his second victory as manager of the Premier League champions.

Danny Welbeck, Chris Smalling, Fabio Da Silva and substitute Adnan Januzaj put United 4-0 up after 49 minutes, but they took their foot off the pedal and plucky Kitchee gave the scoreline some respectability with two fine goals on a humid but dry night.Substitute Jesse Lingard put the gloss on a satisfactory evening for United with a lovely curled shot with 10 minutes left.

After a tentative start, United took the lead on 16 minutes, and there was a fair bit of luck in it. An Ashley Young volley struck a post via a deflection, only to fall into the path of Welbeck, who smashed the ball home.

Three minutes later Wilfried Zaha blazed wildly over as the chances came thick and fast for United, who started with Robin van Persie, Ryan Giggs and Rio Ferdinand on the

David Moyes

Manchester United saw off a spirited Kitchee 5-2 on Monday in Hong Kong to give David Moyes just his second victory as manager of the Premier League champions.

bench at the sell-out 40,000 Hong Kong Stadium.

Van Persie was introduced with 10 minutes left, to howls of approval from the locals.

Moyes, who took over from Alex Ferguson on Ju- ly 1, had admitted that he was concerned about the pitch, which had cut up badly during last week's Barclays Asia Trophy after days of torrential rain.