Malaysian PM sticks boot into booed Man United

A demoralised Manchester United side suffered an embarrassing 1-0 friendly defeat to Southeast Asia's ASEAN All-Stars in front of more than 70,000 in the Malaysian capital on Wednesday.

That came after the Red Devils finished a lowly 15th in the Premier League and failed to lift a trophy, one of their poorest seasons in recent memory. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was in the crowd at Bukit Jalil National Stadium and could not resist a dig afterwards.

"Oh no! Manchester United failed to win a trophy again. Looks like you guys are going to have a 'headache' next season," Anwar wrote on Facebook. "Hopefully you don't get relegated to the Championship," he added, referring to England's second tier of football.

Ruben Amorim's side play the Hong Kong team on Friday in their second and final match of their Asian post-season tour. The game at the 40,000-capacity Hong Kong Stadium was yet to sell out on the eve of the friendly.