Leicester City 0-1 Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened | Soccer

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Rashford speaks: "We had to improve and we did it today. It is very difficult today and the victory is very good. Time and again [Pogba] provides opportunities for the team. Achieving the objective concretizes it and we must continue to improve. We are just concentrating on ourselves, trying to keep winning matches and we will see how that goes. "

Kari Tulinius writes: "It was a strange match. United looked tired all the time, but still managed to control the game. I guess it's like that, when a tactical plan works perfectly, even if the players are not present at the races, that Solskjær pleads in favor of his full-time position. "

Leicester probably deserved a draw on the rest of thiseven though they did not let United open too often within 90 minutes. Evans and Vardy had good chances towards the end and De Gea saved brilliantly from Ghezzal's free kick. I do not know where that leaves Puel, who seems to be in a week and is coming out of the following week.

Nine wins out of 10 for Solskjaer! It was certainly not the dynamic performance that the first 10 minutes suggested, but they do not care: Rashford's goal at the beginning was enough.

90 + 4 min: Martial is booked to save time. We saw a very large number of cards in a game not particularly dirty. Leicester then surely creates his last half-chance, Maguire sneaking to the far post but unable to restore his exploits to Anfield, missing a difficult opportunity.

90 + 2 min: Maguire has stayed on the front now and Leicester is pumping bullets into the box – to little effect so far.

90 min: Jones will replace Lingard as Leicester prepares to take a turn. United will now just watch to see this out. Ghezzal center but Iheanacho, trying to pbad, managed to clear the ball for United, who counter-attack quickly and sees Martial force another block Schmeichel. It's end-to-end now! We have four more minutes.

88 min: From now on, some United players, Lukaku, reach the attack from the right and force Schmeichel to a solid parry. Needless to say, that would have ended things. So Leicester goes ahead and … is this lucky for Vardy? Barnes tears Bailly and the center, looking for the striker to lead the ball home – but he's clear, De Gea! He scored those before.

86 min: Matic makes a bad challenge on Barnes and, like Mendy earlier, should probably get a second yellow for that. Dean seems to miss him.

84 min: I wonder if Solskjaer would have liked a little more attack from United, from one end to the other of the country. They certainly have not created much since the goal. Leicester is looking for more thrust now, Iheanacho continues for Mendy. He pbades a piece of paper useful to Vardy.

82 min: Ghezzal is the next of our many bookings, preventing Martial from carrying the ball up.

81 min: Looking back, it was really a first clbad backup of De Gea – most likely a win. Now Shaw commits another fault and this moment is reserved. It's a free-kick on the right … Ghezzal pushed the needle back to Maguire, then Evans made a volley to the goal – but the air is shooting! United are just experiencing a dangerous contact at this point.

78 min: Leicester does not do anything. United replaces Rashford with Lukaku.

77 min: Shaw admits a soft foul on Ghezzal and, not for the first time, Leicester has an inviting free kick around the penalty box. Maddison is off the court and it's better for a left foot. Ghezzal goes into high gear … and that's the best shot of the match for Leicester, who is heading quickly to the top corner before De Gea pulls him superbly behind!

74 min: Okazaki shows up in Leicester, replacing the busy Gray intermittently. They need something different. Leicester was not mean here and had some promising times of pressure, but did not exactly break the door.

73 min: Mendy is once again lucky with an unseen grip on Herrera, not at all different from his previous Pogba shirt pullover. He should not really be with us anymore.

70 min: Martial earns United a relatively rare corner. It's short and Herrera ends up disappearing, but nothing really results.

69 min: Barnes gets along well after a long period of possession and pressure from Leicester. They have not yet turned their best work into real chances.

67 min: Sanchez is now out after 67 minutes and Martial replaces him. This could help United to tap space in the last quarter.

65 min: It's almost a good match so far. Many small flickers but no constant excitement since this first goal.

63 min: Leicester put a little more pressure, but Ndidi ended the race with a 25+ yard slash.

62 min: Maddison goes away and Ghezzal arrives. It is fair to say that the faithful of the house do not like that much; It is also fair to suggest that Maddison does not seem either.

61 min: Now this could be a chance for Leicester. Matic relaunch Vardy at 25 meters and the free kick is located in the center. Good position and Maddison gets closer … he clashes with the wall and Vardy, reacting as quickly as possible, triggers an acrobatic recovery towards the goal. De Gea manages to save him on the second attempt, but seizes him before he can turn on the line!

59 min: Sanchez and Shaw finish with a wide borehole on Rashford. Outside the ball, Mendy pulls Pogba down while he's trying to clear his way into the box. He was not spotted by the officials, but Mendy, already booked, would surely be inactive if that were the case.

57 min: United seems, for the moment, to control the fire and the sulfur of Leicester. They control the ball for the moment and there is not much to do.

54 min: Pogba is injured after a heavy challenge Evans. He squeezes his right leg, waving his arms. He ends up twitching a little.

52 min: You would like United to have room on the counter in this half. I wonder how long Sanchez will last; he has worked very little there today.

50 min: Barnes, alive since the break, is brilliantly struck by the left and Lindelof must defend himself well. This leads to the last corner of Leicester, which makes no sense.

47 min: And then, on the other side, Maddison gets into the box and pierces the net. Very fast start of the Puel team!

46 min: They start well, Barnes scored a cross shot from the goal from a very tight angle on the left.

"I noticed a lot of birds on the ground today, presumably pigeons pecking for resemis grbad or perhaps looking for leftover crisps from the farmer's lunch break. , Walkers? observes Justin Kavanagh. "It's odd that they run the risk since there are 23 men running around the field (including 11 foxes, apparently, although Mendy played like a scarecrow up to the end of the day. now)."

A good point, especially a weekend that showed us that no football field is safe from cats lurking around.

Woolie Madden writes in:

"In a city with a large South Asian population, it is heartening to see Hamza Choudhury be part of the Leicester match day team. Given the popularity of football among young British Asians, clubs should do much more to welcome more Asian fans as spectators, but also to develop players into professionals. The other problem is the general lack of models, as there are very few Asian British players in general. Let's hope that Choudhury succeeds in Leicester so that it can change, at least. "

Hear hear.

The half ends with snow flurries at both ends, but United finishes first. It's thanks to Ricardo's sloppy play and Pogba's sublime football – the pbad – and to Rashford – control and finish – to crown the opposition's early domination. They did not really build on it, and Leicester came back into the game without creating a lot, so we still have a real game to play here. Back in a little!

45 + 1 min: As we enter the extra time, Leicester loses the ball in his half of the field and Rashford tries to punish him a second time by cutting a shot that Schmeichel saves on his right.

45 min: Now, Mendy is booked for a slightly naughty movie about Herrera. It's a little disjointed, that.

43 min: Maddison got a poor free kick just like the defense and Barnes is allowed to score for a first try of more than 25 yards. This is a danger to anyone, however.