Leicester City comes from behind to hold United

A Jamie Vardy shot, which deflected off United defender Axel Tuanzebe five minutes from the end, secured a point for Brendan Rodgers’s side after Bruno Fernandes appeared to have got another victory on the road for ‘Red Devils’. 

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team, which had won its last ten away games in the Premier League, is on 27 points, a point behind second-placed Leicester. Liverpool is top of the standings on 31 points and has a chance to extend its lead when it faces West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. 

Marcus Rashford had missed a wide-open header but put United ahead in the 23rd minute with a cool finish after being slipped in by Fernandes. Harvey Barnes equalised eight minutes later with a fine shot from the edge of the box. 

Rashford had a great chance to put United back in front on the hour, but his powerful drive was well saved by the right hand of Kasper Schmeichel. Two minutes later, Anthony Martial had an effort disallowed for offside but the influential Fernandes restored United’s lead in the 79th minute. 

He drilled the ball into the bottom corner after being found inside the area by substitute Edinson Cavani. Again though, the lead was short-lived as Vardy’s first-time shot on the half-turn from a low cross off Ayoze Perez went in off Tuanzebe. 

“Disappointed we didn’t win because we had loads of big chances. We could have finished it off but Leicester is a dangerous side,” said Solskjaer.“One point is not the worst result but we are disappointed to not get the three points against a tough side,” he added. 

Rodgers praised the way his team approached the game and responded to the two United goals. “I thought that it was a good game - two attacking teams. We had lots of really good play. Our defending and counter pressing was very good. You have to do that against teams like United that break so fast,” he said. 

Result: Premier League: Leicester City 2 drew with Manchester United 2