Marcus Rashford marks 100th Manchester United appearance with goal in Leicester win
Re-live the action from the King Power Stadium
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Your support makes all the difference.Marcus Rashford marked his 100th Manchester United appearance with the winner at Leicester as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer maintained his unbeaten record.
England international Rashford scored his eighth goal in 13 outings to earn a 1-0 victory at the King Power Stadium.
Solskjaer's 10th game in charge brought a ninth win, with revived United not needing to leave third gear.
Paul Pogba and Rashford combined to seal another victory and the pair now have 12 goals under Solskjaer having struggled so badly under Jose Mourinho.
United are now just two points behind fourth-placed Chelsea. Re-live the action below:
9 mins: Leicester 0 - 1 Man Utd - Rashford
Ben Chilwell is sent down the left wing and he makes a strong run before squaring the ball into Utd's box. De Gea has it covered though.
United respond with a goal. Pereira makes an error by giving the ball away to Pogba. Pogba takes a touch and lifts the ball into Leicester's box as Rashford makes the run. Rashford brings the ball down and fires it home sending the ball into the far corner of the net.
12 mins: Leicester 0 - 1 Man Utd
Leicester come at Utd on the counter attack, Harvey Barnes making the initial run before giving the ball to Vardy. Barnes gets the ball back but can't cross it into the box so he pulls it back to Vardy and Utd are able to get back into a defensive position and force Leicester to pass the ball backwards.
15 mins: Leicester 0 - 1 Man Utd
Barnes runs the ball into the box and gives it to Vardy. Vardy, under pressure, lays it to Maddison who shoots... but Luke Shaw dives in the way and deflects the ball out for a corner.
The corner is taken but it comes to nothing.
18 mins: Leicester 0 - 1 Man Utd
There's a stoppage in the game as Rashford and Maddison pick up some running repairs but Leicester restart the action.
They send it long and wide to the right but the pass is too heavy for Gray and the ball goes out for a Utd' throw in.
21 mins: Leicester 0 - 1 Man Utd
Jesse Lingard gets put in the book for clipping the heels of James Maddison as the Leicester man threatened to break. It's a harsh card as the coming together didn't look intentional.
24 mins: Leicester 0 - 1 Man Utd
Good defensive pressure forces Man Utd to give away a goal kick but Schmeichel kicks it out of play.
Leicester get a reprieve as Rashford is caught offside.
27 mins: Leicester 0 - 1 Man Utd
Leicester have a good spell in control of the ball. They work it from left to right and back again around Utd's area before Gray takes a shot from the left side of the box. Bailly takes a ball to the face as he makes the block.
30 mins: Leicester 0 - 1 Man Utd
Ashley Young gets the ball out on the right. He puts the cross in but Maguire sends it back his way. This time Young plays the ball to Jesse Lingard who takes it into the box and has a shot deflected softly into Schmeichel's hands.
33 mins: Leicester 0 - 1 Man Utd
Jamie Vardy dives in to a late challenge on Lindelof and rightly gets a booking. There's no complaints from the Leicester front man.
36 mins: Leicester 0 - 1 Man Utd
Bailly makes a vital interception as Vardy looks to squeeze in between United's to centre backs.
Leicester try to come at United from the right this time but Young puts Chilwell's cross out for a corner.
Maguire wins the header but heads it into Barnes and Utd are given a free kick for a push in the box
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