Manchester United v Leicester: FA Cup fourth spherical – dwell | FA Cup

76 min Garnacho makes yet one more run and performs a cut-back to no one. Undaunted, he tries once more and wins a nook.

74 min Amad takes a leaf out of Garnacho’s ebook and bombs into the field. He reaches the byline and finds a cut-back, however Hojlund is crowded out.

72 min Ruben Amorim will get a bit of credit score for turning to Zirkzee, who hadn’t scored (from reminiscence) since mid-December, when United scored three late objectives at Spurs and nonetheless misplaced 4-3.

70 min United are on high now, ultimately. Maguire is aiming lengthy down the left. He finds Dalot, who slips the ball inside to Garnacho, however his shot is into Row Z (for Zirkzee).

That was a lot better from United. Garnacho drove into the field and squared for Hojlund. His shot was blocked however the ball fell kindly for Zirkzee, who was simply behind him and produced a pleasant calm go into the online.

GOAL!! United 1-1 Leicester (Zirkzee 68)

65 min Simply earlier than that, United despatched on a sub: ZIrkzee for Mainoo. A lot for that hymn ebook.

64 min Massive probability! Garnacho breaks free once more, chips the keeper… and sees Okoli clear off the road and onto the bar. Fabulous defending.

61 min Garnacho has aded a spark up entrance, however United’s midfield nonetheless appears as if it’s barely there. Fernandes, their finest participant, is a part of the issue, as a result of he likes to go for a wander and Amorim’s system simply isn’t constructed for that.

60 min … on come Harry Winks and Woyo Coulibaly, the French full-back who was Leicester’s solely signing within the January window.

58 min Subs! For Leicester. Off go Ndidi, who performed a giant half within the objective, and Thomas, who was vigorous…

56 min Garnacho makes one other of these stirring runs of his. The group, once more, are stirred: they’re clearly delighted that United failed with their lame try to promote him.

55 min “I don’t thoughts this 5221 formation,” says Jamie Woods. “Away, or towards high groups, it appears to work. However at dwelling, towards ‘weaker’ opposition, it must be both an aggressive 3421 or 352, with correct wingers, not Diogo Dalot (bless him, he tries). However we don’t appear to have any of these left….

“Oh to have a left-footer on the left and a right-footer on the fitting. A lot extra incisive. A lot extra (dare I say) enjoyable.”

54 min Mazraoui tries to make amends with an extended shot, which curls broad.Earlier than that Mainoo did effectively to burst into the field. He’s now at inside-right, which permits him to hyperlink up with Amad. They appear to be among the many few United gamers utilizing the identical hymn ebook.

52 min Noussair Mazraoui takes a throw-in and will get penalised for a foul throw. This permits Luke Thomas to take an extended one however United clear simply sufficient.

50 min El Khannouss has a shot, simply broad of the far put up. He could have been unable to consider how a lot time United gave him.

47 min Garnacho goes on a run down the left of the type as soon as provided by Marcus Rashford. He can’t discover a purple shirt together with his cross, however a minimum of he will get the group displaying some indicators of life.

46 min Leicester kick off and revel in some possession, wch ends with a poor lengthy ball.

Amorim appears to have responded with two strikes. One is to ship United out early, to wallow of their embarrassment. The opposite is to interchange Patrick Dorgu with Alejandro Garnacho, so presumably Amad goes to proper wing-back.

Based on anticipated objectives, the scoreline doesn’t lie. Leicester have precisely 1, United 0.04.

Each groups have performed 274 passes. However by way of pictures on the right track, it’s 3-0 to Leicester, who’ve been extra purposeful than United.

This fixture has now been performed two and a half occasions this season, and the combination rating is 9-2 to Ruud van Nistelrooy. He knew find out how to get United to win dwelling video games; Ruben Amorim appears to have forgotten already.

“I’m having fun with the MBM to date!” says Matthew Turner, sportingly. “In Lee Dixon’s defence, the fashionable world is sort of garbage. I’m completely satisfied to elaborate you probably have a couple of minutes.”

HALF-TIME United 0-1 Leicester

Ugarte misplaced the ball in a harmful space, El Khannouss performed a neat sq. cross or cut-back, and all Nidid needed to do was side-foot the ball into the online. He didn’t handle it, however the ball popped up and De Cordova-Reid reacted first to nod it in. “Nobody goes with him,” says Dixon. That’s the sixth time in seven dwelling video games that United have gone 1-0 down.

GOAL! Man United 0-1 Leicester (De Cordova-Reid 42)

40 min Yoro sends an extended ball ahead, searching for Hojlund, who’s about ten yards behind the place the ball lands.

39 min James Justin goes storming up the sphere, however, you’ve guessed it, nothing comes of it.

36 min Mads Hermansen virtually scores an personal objective! He fumbles Amad’s nook, underneath stress from Maguire, and virtually drops it over the road.

36 min Leny Yoro steps out of defence, Martinez-style, and wins the ball. He pokes it ahead to Mainoo … who pokes it again once more. The group groan. However then United do get ahead and after some affected person passing they win a nook.

34 min We interrupt this non-event to carry you an electronic mail. “What’s a giant membership?” asks Tim Stappard. “Sporting may win the league particularly if beat Porto tonight and are within the champs league knock-out levels, which is healthier than Utd have achieved for some time. So Sporting is a giant membership and anybody who says they aren’t have little data if European soccer.

“Anyway I’m a Utd fan and the board are liable for forcing him to go away when he didn’t ideally wish to, inflicting issues in every single place.” He may have mentioned no!

33 min United counter and Bruno Fernandes performs a peach of a go, out to Amad on the fitting. He finds Kobbie Mainoo, who can’t kind his ft out.

31 min The nook is an efficient one and United present how shaky they’re towards set-pieces.

30 min United, who’re contractually required to attain no objectives within the first half, at the moment are two-thirds of the best way there. They usually’ve simply conceded a nook, because of a advantageous cross from Luke Thomas.

29 min Ndidi slides into Mazraoui and hears the whistle, a lot to his indignation.

28 min It feels as if Leicester have a objective in them and it may effectively be made by Jordan Ayew, who has appeared the person most definitely to make one thing occur (aside from Dorgu). However they might do with conserving the ball higher.

26 min Bobby De Cordova-Reid will get into the field down the fitting and hits a cross-or-shot over the bar.

24 min One other United free kick. Fernandes haas one other trick up his sleeve, making an attempt to launch Hojlund, whose appreciable pace just isn’t fairly sufficient to make it work.

23 min United at the moment are encamped in Leicester’s half for the primary time. The cameras discover Ruben Amorim throwing up his palms in horror at one thing or different.