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
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Your support makes all the difference.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
WE ARE OFF
The second half begins. Can Leicester find a way back? We'll see.
48 MINS
GOAL
LEICESTER CITY 3 - 0 MANCHESTER UNITED
Mata has his name on the scoresheet, following some great link up play with Ibrahimovic. The goalscorer picks the ball up just outside of the six-yard box and he's not going to miss from there.
It's a shocking goal to concede, that highlights the weaknesses of Leicester's defence.
51 MINS
United look although they've been injected with energy following their third goal. They're stringing the ball together smoothly and making Leicester look lacklustre.
Rashford bombs into the box and pulls the trigger, but Schmeichel manages to paw the strike to safety.
54 MINS
Yellow card: Herrera receives a warning for his clumsy challenge into Vardy.
56 MINS
Yellow card: Pogba is warned for his sliding challenge into Ndidi.
59 MINS
Another goal for United will put this game to bed, but Leicester continue to battle in the hunt for a goal to begin their comeback. Ranieri looks on with an uneasy glow as the prospect of relegation becomes clear.
61 MINS
Gray delivers a corner kick into the box, but it fails to beat the first man. The ball falls to Drinkwater on the edge of the box, but his strike is poor and it dribbles wide.
62 MINS
Mata misses a golden opportunity to make it four! He bursts through the Leicester defence and picks up the ball, but he clearly thought he was offside and failed to pull the trigger. By the time that he realised that he was in fact onside, Schmeichel had charged out. What a shambles.
65 MINS
Gray finds Drinkwater on the edge of the box, but once again the 26-year-old fires his strike way over the target. When chasing a three-goal deficit, you'd have thought he'd be doing better than that.
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