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Marcus Rashford stars in United’s win over Leicester

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Dan Chemjor
February 19, 2023

Marcus Rashford scored twice in Manchester United’s 3-0 Premier League win over Leicester City at Old Trafford
Man United now have 49 points from 24 games, keeping them third in the table

Marcus Rashford scored as United beat Leicester City 3-0 at Old Trafford.

Rashford scored twice to reach a total of 24 goals this season as Jadon Sancho scored to cap an impressive second-half performance from the Red Devils.

Manchester United now have 49 points from 24 games, which keeps them third but closing the gap to the top.

Meanwhile, Leicester remains 14th in the table, with Brendan Rodgers’ side suffering their first defeat in England’s top flight since the middle of January.

How the game unfolded

Kelechi Iheanacho’s pass found Harvey Barnes, who took a shot but David de Gea made an outstanding save to keep the score 0-0.

Leicester was on fire and had another chance in the 10th minute, with Iheanacho’s shot deflected just wide by Victor Lindelof before the Nigerian curled past the post in the next attack.

Tete fired one past De Gea’s goal in the 18th minute, with Manchester United struggling to gain control in midfield without Casemiro, who served the final match of his three-game suspension.

Marcus Rashford celebrates after scoring.|PHOTO: Sky Sports|

In the 21st minute, De Gea made another fantastic save to keep out a header from Iheanacho, and his saves were crucial as Man United broke through through Rashford in the 25th minute.

The Englishman beat Leicester’s offside trap, racing onto a pass from Bruno Fernandes and smashing the ball into the bottom corner of the net for his 23rd goal of the season.

Leicester kept threatening, with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall shooting wide of the Man United goal in the 31st minute.

When Fernandes found the right-back with a brilliant cross in the 37th minute, Diogo Dalot had a golden chance to put the home team ahead by two goals, but he somehow missed the post from close range.

Only one goal separated the two teams at halftime. Still, Leicester were extremely unlucky to be trailing, and the visitors came close again in the closing stages of the first half, with James Maddison just missing the target from a distance.

The second half

Lisandro Martinez nearly scored a second goal for Manchester United in the 49th minute when he met a free kick from Luke Shaw, but his header hit the crossbar.

After a header from Fred, Wout Weghorst hooked one over the crossbar in the 54th minute, with Man United looking for a second at Old Trafford.

In the 56th minute, Rashford raced into the Leicester box and finished under Ward; the forward was flagged offside by the linesman, but a subsequent VAR check revealed that he was just level with the final defender.

Jadon Sancho was on target once again.|PHOTO: CBS|

Man United added a third goal in the 62nd minute, with Sancho combining with Fernandes before firing into the back of the net from close range.

Ward stopped Shaw’s effort in the 63rd minute before Sancho had two chances to score his second in the 69th minute, having his shot blocked and then volleying the rebound over the crossbar.

What next?

Erik ten Hag’s side has now won three of their four league games since the 3-2 defeat at Arsenal, bringing them within five points of the top-of-the-table Gunners.

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