East Rutherford (USA), Aug 01: Tim Howard made 12 saves in his first game with Manchester United, and the English Premier League champion beat Italian league winner Juventus 4-1 in an exhibition game last night. Howard's debut with the world's biggest club came in front of a sellout crowd of 79,005, the largest ever at a soccer game at giants stadium. The 24-year-old from north brunswick played in the same stadium for 4 1/2 season with major league soccer's metrostars before Manchester United acquired his rights on July 14 for US$3.6 million.
Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored for Manchester United, coming off its eighth English Premier League title in 11 seasons. It was the third straight win for the Red Devils on their US tour, which ends Sunday against Barcelona in Philadelphia. Giggs started it in the 24th minute with a free kick into the right corner of the net.



Scholes scored in the 57th minute from 17 yards out off feeds from Juan Sebastian Veron - rumoured to be in transfer talks with Chelsea - and Solskjaer.



Van Nistelrooy's goal skidded past reserve goalkeeper Antonio Chimenti in the 60th minute.


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