Match Report: Manchester United 2-0 Leicester City
Building on to their league domination, Manchester United brushed off an all-confident Leicester City side 2-0, with both goals coming from two substitutes.
United, as expected, started off brightly, testing Leicester’s resolve early in the game, but the Foxes’ defensive unit was too compact to get better of. In as early as the 18th minute, Juan Mata converted from a close range after Schmeichel parried Lukaku’s shot, but the Spaniard was ruled offside.
United were all over the field in the first-half but were lacking that clinical edge. Just a couple of minutes later, Schmeichel was at his best again after the Danish denied Juan Mata’s breathtaking curler. Heading into the second half of the game, the deadlock was yet to be broken.
Marcus Rashford was brought on to replace Juan Mata soon after the hour’s mark and this is when Leicester started to struggle. Their defence started to crack as Rashford’s pace was too hot to handle. The young Three-Lion broke the deadlock just three minutes after his introduction as he volleyed the ball into the back of the net from Mkhitaryan’s corner.
Twelve minutes later, Marouane Fellaini gave his side a comfort, after converting the ball from Jese Lingard’s attempt. United, undoubtedly, were the better side but saw some ruptures against a defensive Leicester unit. Furthermore, to everyone’s surprise, Romelu Lukaku disappointed a lot. The Belgian, besides missing a penalty, was bullied by Harry Maguire for the entirety of the game.
While, on the other hand, the likes of Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan had an average outing. Having said that, here is how the United fan base responded to the victory:
Nice to hear Mourinho complimenting our defensive “wall” 🔵#LCFC #MunLei
— Elliot (@elliotbriggs97) August 26, 2017
Kudos to Mourinho…The three men brought on all contributed to the goals….#MUNLEI #GGMU…Top of the table!
— The Sensei (@Oriaku_Ebuka) August 26, 2017
So far so good. 3 games, 3 wins, 10 goals and 3 clean sheets. Jones excellent once again.#MUNLEI
— Athul (@athulpkrishnan) August 26, 2017
Mkhitaryan has 5 assists in only 3 games this season. Already. Absolutely mental! #MUFC #MUNLEI #PL
— Abhimanyu (@ItsMisterJadhav) August 26, 2017
Now that we’ve won the league, I think we can safely focus on the CL.#MUNLEI #RedArmy
— ayó (@remi_pimpin) August 26, 2017
Mourinho should get @Mahrez22 for us. He’s a good player. £40-45mil shouldn’t be a problem.#MUFC #MUNLEI
— Harrison Ebuka LP (@Burly_peoples) August 26, 2017
mufc resigned Phil Jones from mufc for free. 5th signing. #MUNLEI
— Manish Pramanik (@mpramanik7) August 26, 2017
finally let a white lad score cheers lads
— F9 nick (@nickmp4) August 26, 2017
Mata Wil tweet “35 games like this please”
— atul kulkarni (@atulkoolkarni) August 26, 2017
No mourinho we want a right winger. And left back.
Our team is not good.— Citation & Proverbe™ (@CitationFR) August 26, 2017
The Party Just started. #GGMU #MUFC. After assisting everyone he’s no Mkhitarian, he’s Humanitarian
— Victor warui (@Victorwarui) August 26, 2017
fellaini effect
— Hasan Zikry (@imhasanzikry) August 26, 2017
Wait until face decent teams
— ⓡⓐⓕⓘ (@raficlassy) August 26, 2017
Lord Fellaini 🔴
— N.K.R.I 💯% (@asiapasific15) August 26, 2017
but MOTM has to be phil jones! solid rock performance ! a beast ! a monster ! #MUNLEI
— Wilson The Great (@wilzz13) August 26, 2017
#GGMU RETWEET IF YOU ARE #MUFC FAN.#GAININGNETWORK FOLLOW ALL RETWEETERS. #MUNLEI #TrapaDrive #weekendfollotrain
— GAINING NETWORK 📶🌍 (@Robbiechill) August 26, 2017
3 wins 9 points 10 scored & 0 conceded. #MUFC #MUNLEI pic.twitter.com/vIr9NX3ViP
— Unitereddevils (@Unite_Reddevils) August 26, 2017
