Manchester United vs Leicester City
United beat Leicester in a
tense matchup to take 3rd place and a Champion’s League spot on the
last day of the season!
One of the biggest games both
teams have had in years took place yesterday as Manchester United and Leicester
City battled it out for a Champions League spot only one of them could acquire.
With Manchester United one point ahead of Leicester, who were sitting in 5th,
is was all or nothing for both teams to try and get the three points needed for
a top four finish.
With it being such a high
stakes game, you would think both teams would be going head to head trying to
get the goals needed to see them through, but surprisingly the first half was
uneventful, with only half chances created by both teams. Leicester were
struggling due to injuries, but it didn’t stop their best chance of the match,
in the 24th minute, a fast counter attack, led by James Justin,
leaving Leicester three on two with the United defence. It was looking good
until Kelechi Iheanacho decided to take matters into his own hands taking a
long range effort towards goal which he miss hit resulting in easy stop for De Gea.
With the first half being
unexpectedly stale, there was hope that the tense nature of the game would
explode during the second, which it did but not until the 71st minute.
A through ball played by United Youngster Mason Greenwood towards Antony
Martial resulted in a penalty when both Leicester City central defenders
sandwiched Martial in an attempt to get the ball getting the man instead. Unsurprisingly,
Bruno Fernandes calmly placed the ball into the back of the net to make it 1-0.
The goal came at a time when
Leicester seemed to be on top during the second half, so it was a big blow to
their confidence which it seemed there was no coming back from. This in turn
lead to frustrated mistakes, witnessed when Jonny Evans flew shin high into Scott
McTominay, leaving Martin Atkinson no choice but to produce a red card leaving
Leicester with ten men with four minutes of added time still left to play.
With almost the last kick of
the game Jesse Lingard, who hasn’t registered a goal or an assist all season,
stole the ball from Leicester’s goalkeeper and slid it into an open net
finishing the match off and securing the three points for Manchester United.
A disappointing result for
Leicester City who were placed in the top four all season only to have it
snatched from them in their last moments by Manchester United. Their recent
poor form, (picking up only four points of a potential fifteen) in their last
five matches cost them their Champions League spot. But Manchester United will
be delighted with their efforts and more so with Bruno Fernandes who provided
15 goal contributions in 14 matches, helping propel them into the Europe.
So United take taste victory
whilst Leicester leave empty handed.
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