MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 10: Alejandro Garnacho of Manchester United celebrates scoring his teams third goal with Amad Diallo and Joshua Zirkzee during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Leicester City FC at Old Trafford on November 10, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
Manchester United got back to winning ways in the Premier League with a 3-0 victory over Leicester City on Sunday evening.
Premier League
Result: Manchester United 3-0 Leicester City
Date: 10 November 2024
Venue: Old Trafford
Interim manager Ruud van Nistlerooy made three changes in his final game in charges, as Matthijs de Ligt, Lisandro Martinez and Marcus Rashford were recalled to line-up, as Alejandro Garnacho started on the bench.
The home side broke the deadlock on 16 minutes when Bruno Fernandes capped his 250th appearance for the club with a lovely strike from the edge of the box after getting on the end of Amad Diallo’s flick.
Leicester, meanwhile, did look a bit lively at times in the first half and they carved out a big chance after 28 minutes when Wilfried Ndidi was slipped through on goal, however the midfielder was denied by Andre Onana.
The visitors were made to rue that miss as United doubled their lead seven minutes before the break when Fernandes completed his brace by nodding home a cross from Noussair Mazraoui.
Van Nistlerooy opted for a double change in the early stage of the second period, with Marcus Rashford and Diogo Dalot making way Garnacho and Jonny Evans.
Onana came to United’s rescue with 20 minutes to play as Jordan Ayew did well to carve out some space in the box before seeing his low strike tipped away by the Red Devils shot-stopper.
The Red Devils did bag a third goal with nine minutes left on the clock as Garnacho bagged his seventh goal of the campaign with a superb curling effort from the edge of the box.
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