As it happened: Manchester United vs Leicester City

PREMIER LEAGUE As it happened: Manchester United vs Leicester City

Faruq Ibrahim 14:32 - 19.02.2023

Hello and welcome to our coverage of the Premier League clash between Manchester United and Leicester City.

  • Here is what people are saying about the match.
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  • Leicester City have been put out of their misery as the referee blows the final whistle. Manchester United win 3-0.
  • The goal for Manchester United now is to keep a clean sheet as Leicester continue to seek a consolation goal.
  • Many Machester United fans will be overjoyed to see these two together on the pitch again
  • United have had 14 shots in the second half alone, while Leicester have had only three
  • Manchester United remain relentless in their quest for another goal and you would not bet against them scoring another here. 
  • This could get really embarrassing for Leicester. Sancho was close to making it four there.
  • Marcus Rashford gets his ovation, and he comes off for Elanga. Luke Shaw also makes way for Wan Bissaka.
  • It's three, three, three. Jadon Sancho finishes a brilliant team move.
  • Both managers shuffle the deck. Fred comes off for Scott McTominay, while Drewsbury Hall and Napalys Mendy come off for Boubakare Soumare and Youri Tielemans.
  • Goooalllll Marcus Rashford makes it two. He just about beats the offside.
  • Erik Ten Hag looks to have given his boys some talking to. The second-half is all Manchester United
  • Lisandro Martinez's header crashes the bar.
  • Second-half is underway
  • Jadon Sancho comes on at half-time for Alejandro Garnacho.
  • Marcus Rashford might have scored the goal, but David de Gea was the player of the first-half.
  • Marcus Rashford scores from Manchester United's only shot on target.
  • It is Marcus Rashford's world, we are all just living it it.
  • Half-time.
  • That looks like it should be a red card for Marcel Sabitzer. Studs challenge on Wout Faes' knee
  • How did Diego Dalot miss that?
  • Leicester City continue to do everything right until they get into the final third.
  • Is there a striker more in form than Marcus Rashford right now?
  • He has done it again. Marcus Rashford MBE!!! I screamed like an Arabian commentator. Manchester United had one counter of their own and Rashford made the most of it.
  • Dave Saves!!! Another chance. Manchester United cannot cope with Leicester's breaks. A well-placed header from Iheanacho clawed out by David de Gea. The Spaniard is in Superman mode.
  • Another chance for Leicester from quick transitions. The Red Devils are living dangerously. I tell you one thing though, If Marcus Rashford was wearing blue and not red today the visitors would be three goals up.
  • Leicester are absolutely ripping Manchester United apart of the break, another chance from a counter-attack.
  • Leicester have six attempts to Manchester United's two.
  • Another BIG CHANCE for Leicester, Iheanacho's first touch sends the ball too wide, making the angle difficult for a shot.
  • What a save David de Gea!!! Iheanacho played Harvey Barnes in, but the English winger did not manage to place the ball well enough. End to end stuff in Old Trafford here.
  • It has been all Manchester United this opening exchanges. The have Leicester pinned in their own half and have blocked all avenues for an out ball.
  • We are underway
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  • Keelechi Iheanacho retains his place in the starting eleven, as Brendan Rodgers names an unchanged team from the one that dismantled Tottenham.
  • Victor Lindelof returns to the starting lineup for Manchester United in place of Raphael Varane, while Alejandro Garnacho starts on the left wing, relegating Jadon Sancho to the bench. 

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