Leicester vs Manchester United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction today
Follow all the fallout as United slumped to an away loss against a vibrant Leicester at the King Power
Leicester City achieved a statement Premier League victory over Manchester United on Saturday, emerging from a wild game at the King Power Stadium as 4-2 winners.
United face a tough run of fixtures in the coming weeks and this was a nightmare start for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side. The Red Devils did in fact begin well against the Foxes here, with Mason Greenwood slamming a finish past Kasper Schmeichel, off the post and in to give United the lead in the first half. But Leicester soon hit back as Youri Tielemans clipped the deftest of finishes into the top corner of the visitors’ net.
As such, the score was 1-1 at the break, but Caglar Soyuncu put the hosts ahead as the final whistle neared, stabbing home the ball in the aftermath of a Leicester corner. United found the perfect response through returning substitute Marcus Rashford, who smashed a strike past Schmeichel to equalise seconds after Soyuncu’s goal, but Solskjaer’s side at once got a taste of their own medicine. Jamie Vardy slashed a half-volley past David de Gea to restore Leicester’s lead, immediately after Rashford’s goal, before Patson Daka finished United off in injury time.
Follow all the fallout from United’s defeat at Leicester, plus live updates from Brentford vs Chelsea:
Leicester 1 - 1 Man Utd
66 mins: Chance! Fernandes switches the play with a nice diagonal pass out to Rashford on the left wing. Rashford darts into the box but has a cross blocked. The ball comes to Pogba who sets up Fernandes for a long-ranged effort but he scuffs it wide of the far post.
Leicester 1 - 1 Man Utd
63 mins: Marcus Rashford makes his return for Manchester United following shoulder surgery replacing Jadon Sancho.
Leicester 1 - 1 Man Utd
60 mins: Iheanacho and Tielemans combine to work the ball to the front edge of the box. Tielemans attempts to play in Vardy but Lindelof guides it behind for a corner.
Maddison sends it low into the box but United deal with it and fly forward on the counter-attack. Ronaldo drives forward before sending the ball out to Wan-Bissaka on the right side. He swings in a cross and sends it straight at Schmeichel.
Leicester 1 - 1 Man Utd
58 mins: Leicester press deep in United’s half with Pogba losing the ball to Tielemans. He shifts it to the edge of the box and then blasts an effort high and wide.
Leicester 1 - 1 Man Utd
56 mins: Chance! A Leicester clearance comes bouncing over the head of Iheanacho and drops for Matic. He smokes one on the half-volley from well outside the box but catches it sweetly. The shot continues to rise and just shoots over the top of the crossbar. That would have been another banger of a goal if it had gone in.
Leicester 1 - 1 Man Utd
53 mins: Back at the King Power stadium Victor Lindelof has gone in the book for a challenge on Vardy about 25-yards out from goal. James Maddison takes the free kick and spanks it into the wall. The ball bounces back to him though and his follow up goes flying over the goal.
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Leicester 1 - 1 Man Utd
48 mins: Tielemans takes the ball off Shaw and sends it Iheanacho. He shimmies his way into space on the edge of the box and then pulls his effort wide of goal.
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