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Leicester vs Manchester United as it happened: Jose Mourinho's side pile misery of troubled champions

Re-live updates from the Premier League fixture at the King Power Stadium

Joe Miles
Sunday 05 February 2017 13:00 GMT
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored Manchester United's second goal against Leicester City
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored Manchester United's second goal against Leicester City (Getty)

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Manchester United travel to Leicester City on Sunday afternoon, where they will be presented with a chance to capitalise on defeats for their immediate rivals.

Jose Mourinho's side have regularly failed to take advantage of slip-ups by those around them throughout the season, as they did during the midweek round of fixtures in the draw with Hull City.

Leicester, however, are emerging as the top-flight's new whipping boys. A run of eight defeats in 14 games has dragged Claudio Ranieri's defending champions into the relegation mire, and a quick turnaround is much-needed.

What time is kick-off?

The match will kick off at 4.00pm on Sunday 5 February.

Where can I watch it?

It will be shown live on Sky Sports 1, with highlights on BBC One at 10.30pm.

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Odds

Provided by 888.com

Leicester: 19/4

Manchester United: 17/25

Draw: 29/10

Saturday's Premier League results

Chelsea 3 Arsenal 1

Crystal Palace 0 Sunderland 4

Everton 6 Bournemouth 3

Hull City 2 Liverpool 0

Southampton 1 West Ham United 3

Watford 2 Burnley 1

West Bromwich Albion 1 Stoke City 0

Tottenham Hotspur 1 Middlesbrough 0

6 MINS

Pogba finds Rojo on the left, who goes for goal with his left-foot. It's an anticlimactic strike that falls straight into the path of Schmeichel. 

Joe Miles5 February 2017 16:06

9 MINS

United are controlling the tempo at the moment, but Leicester look hungry as they hunt possession. The importance of this crunch clash is evident. 

Joe Miles5 February 2017 16:09

12 MINS

Leicester are struggling to string more than two passes together before they are shut down by a sea of red shirts. Mourinho's men are sitting quite deep. 

Rojo delivers a ball over the top to Rashford once again, but Morgan comes out on top and redeems possession for The Foxes.

Joe Miles5 February 2017 16:12

15 MINS

Mahrez picks up the ball on the right hand side, then he cuts in on his left and goes for goal. His shots drifts wide and fails to test De Gea.

Joe Miles5 February 2017 16:15

18 MINS

Mahrez begins a Leicester move, that leads to Musa being fouled by Rojo. It's an unnecessary free kick to give away.

Joe Miles5 February 2017 16:18

21 MINS

Ibrahimovic picks up the ball in a promising position, but his touch is too heavy and it dribbles away from him and into the path of the Leicester defenders. Poor touch from a world class individual. 

Joe Miles5 February 2017 16:20

23 MINS

Mkhitaryan finds Rashford on the edge of the box, but the youngsters right footed strike on goal flies way over the target. It's a tremendous chance, but it's gone to waste.

Joe Miles5 February 2017 16:23

25 MINS

Simpson crashes into Ibrahimovic. Both players have gone to ground, but the Leicester man appears to have come out worst off.

Joe Miles5 February 2017 16:26

27 MINS

Simpson limps off the pitch. It looks although Ibrahimovic fell onto his ankle. 

Joe Miles5 February 2017 16:27

28 MINS

Yellow card: Mata receives a rightful card for a late, sliding challenge on Vardy. 

That could have been a red - he got lucky there.

Joe Miles5 February 2017 16:28

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