Man Utd vs Leicester LIVE: Carabao Cup latest goal updates as hosts score four before half-time
The Red Devils head into the match with Van Nistelrooy as interim boss after sacking Erik ten Hag
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Manchester United face their first match since the sacking of Erik ten Hag, as they host Leicester City in the Carabao Cup fourth round on Wednesday night. The long-winded and inevitable exit of the Dutch head coach came to a head after the weekend following a late defeat to West Ham, which left United 14th in the Premier League.
Already talks to bring in Ruben Amorim as a replacement look significantly advanced, but for this match it will be Ruud van Nistelrooy in the dugout as interim boss.
Trying to capitalise on the situation at Old Trafford will be the Foxes, whose back-to-back league wins were halted last time out by Nottingham Forest - but sat in 15th, just two points behind United, they’ll be happy enough with their season’s start and perhaps sense an opportunity to provide a shock in this fixture.
Follow updates from Man United vs Leicester in the live blog below:
Half-time! Man Utd 4-2 Leicester
45+4 mins: Manchester United began life after Erik ten Hag in superb fashion with a four-goal flurry at Old Trafford in the first half of their Carabao Cup tie against Leicester City.
The hosts started shakily especially with the Foxes happy to press up the pitch. They controlled possession but were unable to play out from the back and made a few positional errors with Lisandro Martinez filling in at left-back.
Things settled down when Casemiro scored the first of six goals thanks to a rocket strike from range which left Danny Ward perplexed. Alejandro Garnacho quickly added a second with a finish to rival interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy before Bilal El Khannouss pulled one back for the visitors.
The goal fest didn’t stop there as Bruno Fernandes’ free kick took a big deflection to give United a third goal before Casemiro netted a second from a corner. With set pieces yielding goals, Conor Coady kept Leicester in the contest just before the break, turning in a loose ball after a free kick lifted it into the United area.
What will the second half have in store?
GOAL! Man Utd 4-2 Leicester (Conor Coady, 45+8)
45+3 mins: A Leicester free kick is lifted into the Man Utd box. It hits Diogo Dalot who can’t do much about it and bobbles into the six-yard box.
Conor Coady comes through to meet the loose ball and turns it home. Leicester are still in this game.
Man Utd 4-1 Leicester
45 mins: Four minutes of added time to play at the end of this half.
Man Utd 4-1 Leicester
42 mins: Close!
Fernandes dinks another free kick over the Leicester defence and finds Casemiro. He heads one towards goal and forces a decent save out of Danny Ward.
GOAL! Man Utd 4-1 Leicester (Casemiro, 39’)
Four!
Garnacho takes a shot that Ward palms behind for a corner. The set piece is hung into box where Casemiro wins the header and finds the nearest post.
The ball richocets off one post onto the other then bounces back into play where Casemiro is first to the ball again and smokes it home.
GOAL! Man Utd 3-1 Leicester (Bruno Fernandes, 36’)
Bruno Fernandes takes the free kick and looks to curl one into the right corner of the goal. It hits James Justin square on the head and the deflection wrongfoots Danny Ward meaning the ball lands in the back of the net.
Man Utd 2-1 Leicester
35 mins: Garnacho is brought down on the edge of the Leicester box and this is dangerous for the visitors...
GOAL! Man Utd 2-1 Leicester (Bilal El Khannouss, 33’)
Leicester play a short corner to Bobby De Cordova-Reid who whips a cross over to the middle of the of the box. Altay Bayindir fluffs his clearnance and knocks the ball to Bilal El Khannouss who is wide open.
He manages to bring the ball down the drills a low effort to the far post. It hits the upright and bounces across goal behind finishing in the back of the net.
Leicester have one back.
Man Utd 2-0 Leicester
30 mins: Leicester look to comeback at United by getting forward on the left wing. Kasey McAteer and Bilal El Khannouss combine to get into space before the latter lifts a shot high and wide.
GOAL! Man Utd 2-0 Leicester (Alejandro Garnacho, 28’)
Another one!
This is another great goal from Manchester United. Diogo Dalot makes a run down them right side and is given the ball with a chipped pass from Casemiro.
Dalot whips an early pass into the far side of the box where Alejandro Garnacho arrives and whacks a first time shot into the back of the net.
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