A first-half penalty from Marcus Rashford was enough for Manchester United to see off Leicester City at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.
Manchester United returned to winning ways as they beat Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City side 1-0 at Old Trafford, courtesy a Marcus Rashford strike eight minutes into the game.
The England international, who had missed a penalty earlier this season against Crystal Palace, showed great composure to convert. There were not many chances for either sides from that point on, but Manchester United put in a dogged display to hold on to their narrow lead and bag a much-needed win, ending the Foxes’ unbeaten start to the season.
While Manchester United might have pocketed three points on the day, the performance put on by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men left a lot to be desired among the fans, with many comparing the display with the park-the-bus tactics employed under former boss Jose Mourinho.
1-0 win with a penalty then park the bus #MourinhoOut
— AndyRobertsLUHG (@AndyRobUnited) September 14, 2019
Most boring game in my life
— Dylan (@Dylan05856597) September 14, 2019
Don’t lie if we put in this performance under Jose you’d want his head
— AndyRobertsLUHG (@AndyRobUnited) September 14, 2019
Only positive is we looked decent defensively. Apart from that, performance was dreadful
— John (@John04407982) September 14, 2019
Ole’s at the wheel of a bus! And I love it!
— LUKE (@_DAVlES) September 14, 2019
Ole parking the bus you love to see it
— ??????? ? #NDL (Fan Account) (@EliteLabile) September 14, 2019
3 points but it’s a sad day when UTD play defensive and are hanging on v Leicester at OT?.
Tho Jose would have been slaughtered for these type of performances!. ?— kenny mcrobbie ?? (@kennydoright10) September 14, 2019
We take the win but damn, this was an awful performance.
— customized facts (@Sch00lyou) September 14, 2019
I don’t know how to react, do I have to be happy with the 3 points or sad for the poor performance?? No creativity in the team no class players … even sometime I feel like Jose is still managing the team ??♂️
— Jamal Kamal (@jamal_kamal_) September 14, 2019
While the performance from the team overall did draw a lot of negative opinion, Scott McTominay managed to impress once again for Manchester United. The midfielder made life difficult for the likes of James Maddison and Youri Tielemans and was able to launch a few attacks as well.
McTominay ???????? #MUNLEI
— Rants (@rantsnbants) September 14, 2019
A wins a win but that performance illustrated just how limited & threadbare Utd really are. On the plus side, McTominay was superb, hopefully that penalty restores Rashfords confidence & a clean sheet is always nice. Utd can not let January go by without bringing in quality.
— Pilib De Brún (Phil Brown) (@Malachians) September 14, 2019
McTominay truly truly has outplayed every Leicester midfielder today. All of them. And by a long mile. Pure dominance today.#mufc
— All For United? (@allforunited) September 14, 2019
McTerminator was MOTM for me. He was immense today. #MUNLEI #mctominay pic.twitter.com/9lgHrcSaXD
— JD ? (@juvaisdunn) September 14, 2019
Mcsuace masterclass
— Ben (@BennyHands_97) September 14, 2019
General Scott McTominay. First class graduate from the Jose Mourinho school of shithousery.
— United Peoples TV (@UnitedPeoplesTV) September 14, 2019
Scott McTominay’s game by numbers vs Leicester City:
100% tackles won
31/38 passes completed (most for united)
4/6 take ons (most for united)
7 ball recoveries
2 interceptionsDoing it all. ??????? ? pic.twitter.com/WfdErdDrQX
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) September 14, 2019
Mental that McTominay has to basically score a hat trick to get any sort of credit, yet Chong / Greenwood etc are apparently the next big thing without having kicked a ball for the seniors
— not FEF (@NotFEF) September 14, 2019
Good result, decent performance. Better first half, Leicester came into it second half. Happy with that today.
Two words.
Scott Mctominay. #mufc
— Neil Rickards (@NeilTheKid) September 14, 2019
Scott McTominay has turned into a buzzsaw for Manchester United. On a day they were out-passed and often out-worked by Leicester City, McTominay was a force in midfield next to a less-than-dominant Nemanja Matic pic.twitter.com/nJAjsNoNqh
— Kyle Bonn (@the_bonnfire) September 14, 2019