Leicester City vs. Manchester United – Football Match Report – October 16, 2021

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Manchester UnitedTheir home unbeaten run in the Premier League came to an end after they collapsed in a 4-2 loss to Leicester City Saturday.

Yuri Tielemans, Caglar Soyuncu, Jamie Vardy and Patson daka scored for Leicester as United’s record streak came to a halt after 29 games.

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Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford caught the goals for the visitors but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side failed to win in the league for the third game in a row.

The result sees United falling from the top four and four points behind the leaders Liverpool.

Leicester almost opened the scoring after five minutes but Harry maguire cleared the line to prevent Vardy from scoring into an empty net.

The hosts dominated the early stages but United took the lead after 19 minutes when Greenwood traded passes with Bruno Fernandes and fired a superb shot in the top corner.

Leicester got a deserved equalizer after the half hour as Kelechi Iheanacho capitalized on Maguire’s mistake and set up Tielemans who produced a fantastic past curling effort David De Gea.

The game came to life 12 minutes from time when Soyuncu shot point blank from a corner to put Leicester in the lead.

Four minutes later, substitute Rashford made it 2-2 when he clung to Victor Lindelofpast.

However, Leicester came back to the front seconds later after Vardy threw himself on Ayoze Perezthe ball.

Daka sealed Leicester’s stoppage victory with a header at the far post to increase pressure on Solskjaer.

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