Paul Mullin suffers punctured lung as tempers fray in Wrexham win over Manchester United

• League Two side win 3-1 in front of record San Diego crowd
• Mullin given oxygen on pitch in bad-tempered friendly

An evening at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium billed as a fantasy football encounter between Manchester United and Wrexham was bad-tempered and aggressive, featuring a slew of yellow cards, one red, a serious injury to Paul Mullin, a half-naked pitch invader and victory for Phil Parkinson’s League Two team.

When Sam Dalby steered beyond Radek Vitek in the second half to make it 3-1 to Wrexham, substitute beat substitute – each had entered following the break – and the record 34,248 crowd had witnessed a contest in which United were run ragged for swathes.

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