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Man Utd vs Leicester LIVE: Carabao Cup result and reaction as hosts net five against Foxes

Man Utd 5-2 Leicester: Ruud van Nistelrooy kicks off his tenure with a blistering win at Old Trafford

Michael Jones
Wednesday 30 October 2024 21:42 GMT
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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.

There was a final goal for Fernandes after the break as United hit five on Van Nistelrooy’s debut and advanced to the quarter-finals of the league cup.

Relive the updates from Man United vs Leicester in the live blog below:

HT Man Utd 4-2 Leicester

Man Utd are on top against Leicester City but will need to see this game out.

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Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:43

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?

Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:39

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.

Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:34

Man Utd 4-1 Leicester

45 mins: Four minutes of added time to play at the end of this half.

Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:31

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.

Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:28

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.

Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:25

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.

Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:22

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...

Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:21

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.

Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:20

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.

Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:16

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