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Leicester City 0:1 Manchester United

Post-match discussion


Thu, 01 September 2022

A good win but we need to start killing games of! Can’t keep winning 1-0 and making it an habit, we’ll get punished of better teams. I’m a bit worried at where our goals are gonna come from though.
 
Wasn't brilliant, first half was more controlled and better than the second half. Although I felt we looked better once Casemiro came on.

All in all it's nice to get another win, showing the ability to win these types of games and it will be good for the squad in this early period.
 
Huge win. We need to start killing these games. Defensively sound. We need to keep Martial, Antony, Sancho, Eriksen fit. With no incomings, Rashford better pull his socks, ETH needs to start giving chances to Garnacho
 
Varane and Martinez outstanding again, Bruno and Mctominay largely dominant in midfield, Casemiro looks great, Antony yet to come. Good times ahead.

Sancho needs to improve his fitness levels and Rashford his decision-making, but overall, I couldn't be happier with the progress we've shown since the Brentford anomaly.
 
Varane was superb all game. As were pretty much all our defensive players.

Rashford is not and will never be a striker. Lost so many duels.
 
Varane is so quietly effecient, he's like Maldini, you barely hear his name, but in come the clean sheets.

Our front line is a mess, and created all the problems for midfield.

Mctom actually had a good game.

Eriksen should never play upfront as a 10 or a 7. No legs to progress forward quickly.

Casemiro is class.

Rashford is poor upfront, Ronaldo was better.

Expect a whole lot of ugly wins due to this forward line.
Yeah McTominay had another good showing. Rashford was solid in the 1st but was like he was drunk in the 2nd.
 
Some of the football we played in the first half was incredible. You can see the confidence to play first time passes that didn’t exist before eth
 
We desperately need a striker. Rashford hold up play is so bad and Ronaldo isn't far either.
 
That second half was absolute rubbish. First half was ok, no more no less, but I thought if we improved our movement and decision-making we could finish them with a second goal. However we let this abysmal Leicester side dictate the entire second half and we're lucky to get away with the three points. Obviously I'm happy to win and go fifth after our car crash start but we bloody well need to be miles better than that.

On the plus side Varane awesome again and Martinez very good, they deserve massive credit for how much more defensively solid we look. Three wins in a row, back to back clean sheets feels good, hopefully our football improves considerably and we can start putting teams away more convincingly.
 
Poor 2nd half but Dalot, Varane and Bruno played so so so good. Especially Dalot, who I always doubted, shows he can be a really solid player. It's an ugly win, but it's yet another away game we've won. Really proud of this team, the way they bounced back after that woeful start.
 
Toothless going forward. It was as if we were trying our hardest to keep Leicester in the match.

Antony and Martial will make a huge difference.
 
From one of the worse defence from last season, to one of the best. Having a solid back 4 will allow us to move forward with more confidence. 2 blank sheets in a row is no coincidence. I can see us improving and we will score more.
 
18 of the teams in PL would have had minimum a point against us with today’s performance but thank good we meet the one team with less energy and drive than us. Leicester are really shit at the moment
 
A tale of two halves. This Leicester team got beaten by 10 man Chelsea and we can't put them away for 90 minutes. Important 3 points though. Varane or McTominay MotM. Also good game by Martinez, Dalot, and Casemiro.
 
Theres a De Jong (or atleast a similar player of the same style) shaped hole at the heart of this team
 
3 points away, once Casemiro has a few games under he’s belt and gets into the swing of things he’s gonna make a big difference for us. Our weakness to me apart from not killing the game off and holding position is that we need a CF, that was very frustrating watching Rashford trying to pretend he can play football…!
 
Very controlled, so sloppy in attack. We desperately need a striker capable of hold up play... Martial would make a world of difference.

Casemiro so good when he came on, they didn't get close to our box after. Sancho's fitness is horrible but good while he's fresh. Rashford worked hard, some good moments, no hold up play. Ronaldo had good movement but looked old. Bruno and Eriksen very good. McTominay very good. Back 5 excellent.

Antony will make a big difference. Will be able to keep our attack fresh and keep a counter attacking threat to really kill games.
 
Important 3 points. Varane MotM, Elanga the worst followed closely by Rashford (assist is an assist still). Ronaldo surprisingly not shit, much better than Rashford up top. Casemiro solidified us big time when he came on.

Not the best game by Malacia, it needs to be said - relatively poor in attack andnervous in defence
 
Pleased with the 3 points.

Need our defenders to have a word with the forwards. They need to do much better.

Anyway, I thought we were mostly solid, but must keep up our intensity for much longer and kill these games off.

Loved loved our away fans! Rooney Rooney! :lol:
 
Erikson was superb tonight and Bruno. The whole team looks refreshed and away at Leicester you are going to get pressure but they saw it out fantastically well. Mctominay I can’t stand as a footballer but was brilliant tonight and Casemiro will come good once he gets used to the pace of the league and stuff. Few more clever balls and we could have won it 3 nil. But a performance to work on never the less. Great stuff.
 
3 points. Don't remember the last time we had 3 consecutive wins. So it's a big result even if it wasn't a good showing. The defense is carrying us as our attack falters again and again. We fecked up so many counters with different players making mistakes each time. I can only hope with Antony and hopefully a fit Martial, we will put these games to bed soon. Arsenal will be a massive test but the team should gain more confidence from these wins and put up a display more akin to that of the first half.
 
We worked hard as a team. Varane + Martinez solid again.

*Lack of a proper striker really shows. Rashford was terrible once again and Ronaldo equally so.
*Casemiro misplaced too many passes.
*Desperately need Antony to slot in seamlessly.
*Sancho looked dead from minute 35-40.
 
Happy enough with that win and another clean sheet. I love the controlling and calm nature of United play at the moment and some contrast from the error prone defeats away to the likes of Brentford and Brighton.

Small buildings blocks with loads of room for improvement especially offensively

As for Leicester Rodgers with his fake tan and teeth and the poor man's Beckham that is James Madison can feck off.
 
That was hard work. Leicester were really bad - as bad as some of our away performances last season!

However progress is being made as would have dropped points in a similar position last season.

Not sure how much longer we can persist with Rashford down the middle
 
A lot of positive energy in our team. And good movement without the ball. Still not moving the ball precisely or fast enough. But looking positive. Need to step up against Arsenal. Mc Tominey was man of the match for me. Closed so much space on their transitions.
 
Some really good stuff there.

The CB's, Dalot, McTominay, Bruno and Eriksen, all very good. Casemiro looked the part as well.

Front three we need more. They were the only problem again. Not precise or polished enough. Worked hard though.
 
Good first half, should have scored more. Very scrappy in the second half. Leicester didn't produce much. I will take the 3 points.

Dalot was MotM for me. The back 4 look solid and seem to enjoy defending.

Casemiro should have been brought on earlier than he was and Eriksen should have been subbed as he looked gassed. Other than that, decent win. Looking forward to the Arsenal game.
 
In full control second half.. but we did look light weight up front. Rashford is not a 9 And bar his assist screwed up evryother touch he had. McTominay was very good holding today. Lots of defensive header's and interceptions.
scrappy second half and we allowed Leicester to have a go once or twice. We looked more of a goal threat with Ronaldo on.
but hey ho up to 5th, need to raise are game v Arsenal.
 
Raphael with a MOTM performance that would impress Leonardo and Michelangelo.
 
Very good team game. I want more from attacking players, otherwise very good. Subs did great job to.
 
We desperately need martial back. I honestly think this team is just perfectly built for him to come in and have a huge impact. The way we are playing Is just tailor made for his hold up. Get fit Tony!
 
Pretty solid performance. Good 3 points. Lacks a bit of entertainment though. Looking forward to Antony hope he can provide a bit of that.
 

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Score Predictions

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  • Man Utd win
  • Leicester win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 25% Leicester 1:2 Man Utd
  • 23% Leicester 0:2 Man Utd
  • 12% Leicester 1:3 Man Utd
  • 10% Leicester 1:1 Man Utd
  • 8% Leicester 0:3 Man Utd
  • 6% Leicester 0:1 Man Utd
  • 3% Leicester 2:2 Man Utd
  • 2% Leicester 2:1 Man Utd
  • 2% Leicester 2:0 Man Utd
  • 2% Leicester 0:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Leicester 1:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Leicester 2:3 Man Utd
  • 1% Leicester 3:1 Man Utd
  • 1% Leicester 0:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Leicester 1:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Leicester 0:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Leicester 4:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Leicester 2:4 Man Utd
  • 0% Leicester 3:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Leicester 0:9 Man Utd
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Match Stats

  1. Leicester
  2. Man Utd
Possession
54% 46%
Shots
10 9
Shots on Target
2 2
Corners
1 3
Fouls
7 15

Referee

Craig Pawson