Manchester United won its third consecutive English Premier League victory, at the expense of its host, Leicester, with a goal without a response, today, Thursday, at the end of the fifth round.
Jadon Sancho scored the game’s only goal in the 23rd minute.
United raised its score to 9 points in fifth place, compared to one point in the bottom line of Leicester City.
United coach Eric Ten Hag did not make adjustments to his starting lineup, relying on the 4-2-3-1 method of play.
Lisandro Martinez stood next to Varane in the depth of the back line, with the support of full-backs Diogo Dalot and Tyrell Malacia, and Eriksen cooperated with McTominay in the midfield, with the trio Anthony Ilanga, Bruno Fernandes, and Sancho, behind striker Rashford.
On the other hand, Leicester coach Brendan Rodgers resorted to the 4-1-4-1 method, and the back line consisted of Justin, Ndidi, Jones Evans, and Luke Thomas.
Boubakari Somare stood as a central player, and was present on the wings, Madison and Harvey Barnes, while Tielemans and Kiernan Dusbury Hull were stationed in the midfield, while Vardy played the role of an outright striker.
The start of the match came slowly, and Fernandes’ shot rebounded from Justin, turning into a corner kick in the eighth minute.
A set of short passes resulted in the ball reaching Eriksen, who fired a long-range shot that was controlled by goalkeeper Ward in the 11th minute.
Leicester waited until the 21st minute, to threaten the United goal when Madison passed the ball to Dusbury, who fired a shot that goalkeeper De Gea did not find difficult. in control.
United managed to open the scoring in the 23rd minute, after a counter-attack sent the ball through Fernandes to Rashford, who passed it on a plate to Sancho, to evade the latter, goalkeeper Ward, and put the ball into the goal.
Eriksen hit the goalkeeper’s place in the 27th minute, and Varane cut a through pass before reaching Vardy in the 34th minute.
Evans stopped Sancho’s shot in the 36th minute, and Rashford passed Ndidi, before sending the ball to Sancho, who shot, but the ball rebounded from Justin to the goalkeeper in the 37th minute.
At the start of the second half, Leicester seemed more active, and the referee awarded him a free kick, which he executed Madison over the human wall, but De Gea brilliantly removed it in the 51st minute.
Casemiro entered the United squad instead of Ilanga, to turn the way of play into 4-4-2, and Madison got a free kick, but he shot this time into the human wall in the 67th minute, before entering Cristiano Ronaldo instead of Sancho.
Leicester’s control of the game did not pose a threat to United’s goal, which in turn relied on counter-attacks.
Ronaldo almost scored a fantastic goal in the 83rd minute, when he met Dalot’s cross towards the far post, with an amazing scissor, that went next to the post.
In the last minute, Leicester’s substitute, Kelechi Ihyanacho, came close to scoring an own goal by his own team, had it not been for the awakening of goalkeeper Ward, who saved the situation.
