Shanghai Shenhua 0 Man United 1

Shinji Kagawa scored his first goal for Manchester United as the Red Devils picked up the Chevrolet China Cup after a 1-0 victory over Shanghai Shenhua.

New signing Kagawa, who was named as man of the match, found the net after 68 minutes against a second-string Shenhua outfit, who lined up without former Chelsea players Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba at the Shanghai Stadium.

United had the first chance of the game after 25 minutes when Anderson chipped a through ball to another new arrival Nick Powell, who brought the pass down inside the box with his right foot before scuffing his shot wide with his left.

Winner: Shinji Kagawa scores the only goal of the game (above) before celebrating with his team-mates

MATCH STATS

Man United: Lindegaard (Johnstone), Veseli (Vermijl), Ferdinand, Carrick, Anderson (Scholes), Kagawa, Petrucci (Bebe), Valencia (Lingard), Macheda (Hernandez), Brady, Powell (Tunnicliffe)

Subs not used: Amos, Berbatov, Wootton

Goal: Kagawa, 68

It was the hosts who drew the first save from either goalkeeper as Joel Griffiths broke through the middle before forcing a good stop from Anders Lindegaard who deflected the Australian's effort wide.

Kagawa - playing just behind a lone striker- was a thorn in the side of the hosts and used neat footwork to break free of the Shenhua midfield before sliding in the largely ineffectual Federico Macheda, who could not beat Shengjiong Qiu from inside the area, the home goalkeeper pushing the Italian's effort wide.

Scrap: Davide Petrucci (left) fights for the ball with Wang Lin of Shanghai Shenhua

Out of my way! Qiu Tianyi (left) falls as he attempts to stop United's Federico Macheda launching an attack

The visitors started to dominate and Bebe - who replaced Powell at the break- fired hard and low to force a good save from Qiu.

United did however take the lead when Bebe beat his man with ease on the left before playing in Japan international Kagawa whose effort deflected past Qiu for what would prove to be the match-winner.

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Relaxed: Sir Alex Ferguson watches from the dugout as his side continues their pre-season campaign

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was full of praise for his side's performance after the break.

'I was very pleased with the way we played very well in the second half,' Ferguson told MUTV. 'In the first half we had a lot of possession but lacked penetration and speed of play.

'It's been a great workout, they were very well organised. They weren't easy to play against.'