IF AND WHEN Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is finally sacked, this wonderful game should be Exhibit A for the prosecution.<br /><br />The charge that Solskjaer’s side is still a collection of individuals rather than a team was proved beyond reasonable doubt as Brendan Rodgers’ vibrant Leicester collective deservedly won a thriller<br /><br />A moment of brilliance from Mason Greenwood, put United ahead and more heroics from David De Gea kept the scores level after Youri Tielemans’ equally superb equaliser.<br /><br />And even after substitute Marcus Rashford made it 2-2 following Caglar Soyuncu’s goal, the visitors were unable to stop Jamie Vardy restoring Leicester’s lead almost immediately.<br /><br />Substitute Patson Daka made sure the scoreline came closer to reflecting Leicester’s superiority.<br /><br />Another item on the Solskjaer rap sheet on the questionable team selections.<br /><br /><br />His team’s fans were far from United at hearing the news that captain Harry Maguire had been deemed fit to return from a calf injury after very litle time back in training.<br /><br />And their fears were justified not only by Maguire’s bad mistake in the build-up to Tielemans’ goal but also by an all-round rank performance by the visiting defence that not even De Gea could redeem.<br /><br />Going forward, United were also a mess.<br /><br />It was little surprise to see Paul Pogba give another infuriating display. The way Jadon Sancho has begun his United career made his below-par showing far from shocking.<br /><br />But with both Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes also stinking the place out, there was too much for the rest of Solskjaer’s team to do against an excellent Leicester.<br /><br />The warnings were there from inside six minutes.<br /><br />Maguire was left for dead by Kelechi Iheanacho as he charged down the Leicester right. But the Nigerian delayed his initial pass long enough for even the notoriously tanker-like England defender to get back in time to cut out a cross by Timothy Castagne.<br /><br />Leicester were much the better side, with James Maddison playing like a man who had spent another international break seething with frustration about how others have leapfrogged him in the England pecking order.<br /><br />United’s attacking line-up - Nemanja Matic was the only defensive player outside the back four - was achieving little, with Greenwood shooting straight at Kasper Schmeichel from their own decent opening.<br /><br />But the young forward gave Schmeichel - and any goalkeeper in the world - no chance with his next effort.<br /><br />Yes, Castgane stood off Greenwood but he made the most of the time and space, smashing an absolutely rasper in off the far post with his left foot.<br /><br />Castagne wasted a fine break and Maguire blocked Iheanacho’s effort, but United continued to look vulnerable, with Ricardo Pereira volleying narrowly wide from Maddison’s clever pass.<br /><br />#Leicester #ManUtd #ManchesterUnited #Ronaldo #CristianoRonaldo<br /><br />Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/premierleague/16441849/leicester-man-united-premier-league-report/
