Manchester United vs Leicester LIVE: Premier League latest score and goal updates as Fred cancels out Kelechi Iheanacho goal
Follow all the latest updates from the game at Old Trafford as the Red Devils aim to boost their hopes of a top four finish in the Premier League
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United welcome Leicester City to Old Trafford in the Premier League this afternoon in desperate needs of three points to boost their hopes of a top four finish and Champions League football next season.
Ralf Rangnick’s side endured more misery before the international break when the Red Devils were knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid. Rangnick is now out of contention to win a trophy this season, but his job as interim can still be regarded as a success if they can land a top four finish, but Arsenal’s form means United have little room for error. Harry Maguire will look forward to a better reception in front of his club’s fans after being booed by a minority of England supporters, with Rangnick adamant United supporters will get behind their captain: “He knows my position towards him. He’s been a very valuable player for the team. I didn’t understand what happened at Wembley but it won’t happen in our stadium with the Red Army.”
And Leicester will be keen to finish the season on a high after Brendan Rodgers’ found some form last time out with the win over Brentford taking them into the top half. The Foxes will look to use their league games as a platform to boost their chances of winning the Europa Conference League, having eliminated Rennes in the last 16 and their quarter-final tie against PSV coming up next week. Follow live updates from an intriguing evening kick-off in the Premier League with live goal and score updates, build-up, analysis and reaction from Old Trafford:
Man Utd 1 - 1 Leicester
84 mins: Youri Tielemans’ effort from range comes straight into the arms of David De Gea. If anyone is going to go on and win this game now it’ll be Leicester. They have all the momentum at the minute.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Leicester
82 mins: NO GOAL! The VAR thinks there’s a foul on Varane whose leg is swept away by Iheanacho in the build-up. Manchester United get away with one and the game is all square once again.
GOAL! Man Utd 1 - 2 Leicester (Maddison, 80’)⚽️
80 mins: It’s a scramble on the edge of the box between Iheanacho and Varane but Leicester come away with the ball. It’s knocked loose to Maddison who belts it home and sends Leicester back in front!
VAR are looking at it for a foul on Varane though.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Leicester
75 mins: Paul Pogba is taken off in Manchester United’s final change and Nemanja Matic comes on. That’s not exactly the most exciting change for the Manchester United fans hoping their team will go for the win.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Leicester
Man Utd 1 - 1 Leicester
72 mins: Save! What a save this is from David De Gea. James Maddison has upped his own personal game and seems to be creating chances for fun. He delivers a free kick into the box and finds Wesley Fofana who gets a good chunk of the ball and whips it at goal. De Ge has to shuffle to his right before leaping full-strech to reach the ball but he gets there and manages to turn it wide of the post!
Man Utd 1 - 1 Leicester
69 mins: Hopefully those goals have kicked this game into life. James Maddison swings another dangerous cross into the box that Harry Maguire deals with.
Later, Iheanacho latches onto a poor backpass from Sancho and attempts to chip De Gea but knocks his effort wide of the back post.
GOAL! Man Utd 1 - 1 Leicester (Fred, 66’)⚽️
66 mins: We’ve got a game now! Kasper Schmeichel’s clearance comes to Raphael Varane who dinks the ball up to Fred. He passes it across to Bruno Fernandes and follows it into penalty area. Fernandes shifts to the right and drills a low shot at goal that Schmeichel keeps out with a solid right hand but the ball gets parried to Fred. He makes no mistakes in whacking it into the roof of the net and bringing Man Utd back on level terms.
GOAL! Man Utd 0 - 1 Leicester (Iheanacho, 63’)⚽️
63 mins: Leicester lead! Big goal for the visitors! Manchester United look to break on the counter-attack and play the ball to Fred on the right side. He’s tackled by Dewsbury-Hall who recovers the ball and plays it down the wing to Maddison. Man Utd are now on the back foot and Maddison dinks the ball away from Pogba before swinging a left-footed cross into the middle of the box. It’s perfectly weighted for Iheanacho who throws himself at the ball and heads it into the back of the net!
Man Utd 0 - 0 Leicester
60 mins: Youri Tielemans slots a lovely diagonal pass out to Harvey Barnes who chests it down and knocks it inside for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall. Dewsbury-Hall threads a decent pass into the box but Barnes checks his run when he realises he won’t be able to catch it.
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