The unfamiliar United line-up handed Leicester a gilt-edged opportunity to get their bid for Champions League qualification back on track after Friday's shock defeat by Newcastle, and the Foxes made the perfect start inside 10 minutes | Follow your favourite teams right here live! It's their joint-most between Premier League matches, also making 10 for a 1-0 victory against Hull City in May 2009 |
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Man of the match: Caglar Soyuncu | Manchester United played against Leicester City in 2 matches this season |
Leicester started well and took the lead in sensational fashion.
Leicester find themselves in a tricky spot with their first FA Cup final since 1969 on the horizon but points still needed to secure a top-four finish, although West Ham's defeat on Super Sunday has eased that pressure somewhat | His calmness in the box is incredible and his strike summed up his quality |
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Leicester opened the scoring when Youri Tielemans poured forward into space on the right flank, swinging in a teasing cross to the back post, where Luke Thomas side-footed a first-time left-foot volley into the far top corner for an early lead | The striker gets away from McTominay, who fails to deal with it and Iheanacho heads home from just a couple of yards out |
Anthony Martial thought he put the visitors back in front moments later but his strike was ruled out correctly for offside.
10More details: SofaScore livescore is available as iPhone and iPad app, Android app on Google Play and Windows phone app | Youri Tielemans sent a deep cross towards Jamie Vardy at the back post but, under instruction from the late-arriving Thomas, he left the ball for the wing-back to rifle an unstoppable volley into the top corner |
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United came alive after the hour mark when Rashford was put through on goal and his shot produced a brilliant save from Kasper Schmeichel | However, Man United were level five minutes later after Mason Greenwood picked up a pass from Amad Diallo and slalomed his way through the Leicester defence and into the area to tuck his well-placed shot just inside Kasper Schmeichel's far post |
With an FA Cup final and two final league games against Chelsea and Tottenham left, there is work still to do for Leicester.
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