Salt Lake City — New signing Romelu Lukaku got off the mark with the winning goal in his first start for Manchester United on Monday as the English Premier League club came from behind to beat Real Salt Lake 2-1 in a pre-season friendly in Utah. Lukaku lashed home a left-footed shot in the 38th minute after taking three touches to round a defender and the Salt Lake goalkeeper, providing the first returns on a transfer fee reports put at almost $100m. "I’m delighted with the win for the team," the Belgium international striker, who moved from Everton, said. "I’m here to score goals and to be sort of the focal point for the team. But at Manchester United we play to win and that’s my mentality when I get on the pitch and everything else comes with it." Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored United’s first goal just before the half-hour mark to cancel out Luis Silva’s 20th minute opener for the home side.
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