Federicco Macheda scored Manchester United's third goal

Manchester United claimed the Milk Cup Premier title after earning a 3-0 final success over Californian outfit South Coast Bayern on Friday night.

Oliver Norwood curled in a glorious free-kick on 12 minutes to put the young Red Devils ahead.

John Fitzpatrick twice went close to levelling but Nicholas Ajose doubled United's lead with a gorgeous chip.

Federico Macheda added the third after half-time although Bayern were unlucky to have a late effort disallowed.

It was the Rome-born Macheda's sixth goal of the competition.

The American side competed well in the first half but United's superior finishing was the difference between the sides.

Norwood's opener was a beautiful strike as he curled his 25-yard free over the wall and into the roof of the net.

Big striker Fitzpatrick went close to levelling with a deflected effort which went inches wide and Enrique Cardenas missed a great chance to level when he failed to connect with a free header.

Fitzpatrick then rounded United's Northern Ireland-native goalkeeper Conor Devlin in the 23rd minute but Scott Wootton got back to clear off the line.

United struck a hammer blow a minute before the break as Ajose's George Best-like chip over stranded goalkeeper Pacheco doubled the lead.

Matthew James almost made it 3-0 after the break when his long-range effort was deflected on to the woodwork.

With the rain absolutely pouring down in Coleraine, Macheda did add the third nine minutes into the second half as he hammered past Pacheco.

To their credit, Bayern rallied in the closing stages and they appeared very unfortunate to have a late effort ruled out for offside.

They also had a couple of other late goal attempts which put the United defence under pressure.

The victory atoned for United's defeat in last year's Premier decider and they become the first club to win the competition on three occasions.