Good To Be Back

After one of the more lengthier summer breaks of their careers to date, Jonny Evans says the players were delighted to be back in the red shirt as they kicked off their US Tour with a win over Celtic.

Goals from Dimitar Berbatov and substitutes Danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverley gave United a deserved victory at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

"It's nice to get that first game under your belt," Evans told ManUtd.com. "The training has been pretty intense, but everyone is working hard and it was good to start with a win.

"I thought it was a decent performance from us. We were in control of the game in the first half and even though they started to get a bit more of a grip after the equaliser, we came back to score twice which was pleasing."

Evans found himself alongside a new face in the first half as he lined up next to new signing Chris Smalling. While the former Fulham man will have been disappointed to have conceded penalty, Evans insists Smalling has a bright future ahead.

"It was good to play alongside Chris and we just tried to keep things simple between us," he added. "He's a great lad, he's trained hard and hopefully he can do well for us."