The results of Manchester United vs Leicester City in the 2022-2023 Premier League are known. The Red Devils -nicknamed Man United- successfully destroyed The Foxes -nicknamed Leicester City- with a landslide score of 3-0!
The match Manchester United vs Leicester City was held at Old Trafford Stadium, Sunday (19/2/2023). Marcus Rashford appeared crazy in this match because he managed to score two goals. Meanwhile, another goal for the Red Devils was scored by Jadon Sancho.
Man United started the match well. They immediately took control of the game, putting the visitors, Leicester, under pressure.
Opportunities have also been obtained by Man United in the 10th minute. Bruno Fernandes sent a brilliant pass to Rashford who was in the penalty box. But unfortunately, Rashford could not maximize that opportunity.
After several failures, Man United finally opened the scoring. This time, a goal was scored by Rashford in the 25th minute.
This time, Rashford managed to take advantage of bait from Bruno Fernandes. He collected the ball from Fernandes with great composure and fired a powerful right footed shot into the bottom left corner of the net. The ball nestled into the goal. Score changed to 1-0!
After that, both teams continued to try to score additional goals. However, no goals can be created. The 1-0 score for Man United’s advantage lasted until the end of the first half.
In the second half, Erik Ten Hag made a substitution at the start of the match. He replaced Alejandro Garnacho with Jadon Sancho.
Man United also managed to appear ferocious in the second half. They successfully gave a series of dangerous threats against Leicester from the start of the match. One of them even managed to score a goal.
Yes, the hosts were able to double their lead in the 56th minute. Again, Rashford was the star in this goal. This time, Rashford scored a goal after taking advantage of Fred’s pass. Score changed 2-0!
Not satisfied, Man United again broke Leicester’s goal. This time, Ten Hag’s decision to include Sancho looks very appropriate. Because he was able to increase Man United’s lead to 3-0 after scoring a goal in the 61st minute by taking advantage of Bruno Fernandes’ pass.
Constantly battered, Leicester is not without a fight. They have made several threats to Man United’s defense. One of them was done by Tielemans. However, the action can be quickly stopped by Man United players.
After that, both teams had a series of chances to score. However, all of these opportunities were not successful. The 3-0 score for Man United’s victory was maintained until the end of the match.
