India, May 29 -- To the resounding sound of boos, Manchester United walked off the pitch at the Bukit Jalil Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. This was an unexpected reception meted out to one of the most popular clubs in the world, that had travelled to Malaysia for an exhibition game against a South East Asia XI.

But then again, instead of putting on a show befitting a team that has been crowned champions in England for a joint-record 20 times, United slumped to a 1-0 defeat on Wednesday. The team's manager Ruben Amorim though welcomed the jeers.

"The boos maybe is something we need because every game we lost in the Premier League, the fans were always there," he said, as quoted by BBC. "I felt when we finished every time the supporters were wi...