At 03:00 am Beijing time on September 2 (Friday) (20:00 local time in England on September 1), the 2022-23 English Premier League played the last game of the fifth round, Manchester United played at King Power Stadium against Leicester City . With the single-handed goal of Sancho , Manchester United 1-0 Leicester City won 3 consecutive victories. C Ronaldo came off the bench for the third consecutive game, and he was only replaced in the 68th minute. After this game, Manchester United ranked 5th with 9 points, only 1 point less than 4th Brighton. In the Premier League , the two teams have met Manchester United 32 times with 19 wins, 9 draws and 4 losses. Among them, Manchester United has 9 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses in 16 games. Manchester United lost 2-4 to Leicester City last season. Manchester United's starting lineup in this game is the same as the previous league game. Cristiano Ronaldo, Casemiro , Maguire and others sat on the bench. The newly introduced Anthony did not enter the squad. In the 11th minute of
, Fei B made a cross from the left, and Eriksen 16 yards with a low shot with his right foot, the ball slightly missed the left post. In the 20th minute, Leicester City got a free kick from 35 yards, Madison , Desbury made a long shot, De Gea saved the ball. In the 23rd minute, Manchester United counterattacked, Rashford passed the ball, Sancho inserted the ball with a single shot and passed the goalkeeper and scored the ball into the empty goal, Manchester United led 1-0. In the 27th minute, McTominay passed the ball, Eriksen took a long shot, and the goalkeeper saved the ball.
In the 28th minute, Dalot pushed down Barnes and received a yellow card. In the 35th minute, B Fei passed the ball and Rashford's long shot was blocked. In the 37th minute, Rashford dribbled the ball and made a pass from the right, and the unguarded Sancho shot from 16 yards after stopping the ball and was blocked. Then Tielemans passed the ball, and Barnes shot from the front of the penalty area, the ball slightly missed the upper right corner of the goal. In the 43rd minute, Malaysia received a yellow card for a foul after being broken by Justin. At the end of the first half, Manchester United 1-0 Leicester City.
The second half started. In the 49th minute, Martinez brought down Desbury who was counterattacking with the ball behind Martinez. Martinez received a yellow card. Madison took a free kick from 30 yards and De Gea saved it. In the 53rd minute, Desbury made a breakthrough pass from the right, and the unguarded Barnes headed the ball from 6 yards to the top. In the 66th minute, Leicester City won a free kick with an excellent position in front of the free throw arc, and Madison took the penalty shot and hit the wall.
In the second half, Manchester United took the initiative to shrink and play on the defensive and counterattack . Leicester City had the ball but there was no threat in the positional battle and gave Manchester United a lot of counterattack opportunities. In the 82nd minute, Manchester United counterattacked, Ronaldo passed the ball, and Rashford missed a shot from 14 yards. This was Manchester United's first shot in the second half. In the 83rd minute, Dalot made a cross from the right, and Ronaldo made a barb shot from 6 yards from the left rib, and the ball missed the right post slightly.
C Ronaldo's barb shot
In the 84th minute, Manchester United counterattacked, B fee went straight, the unguarded Ronaldo inserted into the right rib of the penalty area. In the 87th minute, Madison was dissatisfied with the referee and received a yellow card. In the 90th minute, B Fei made a cross from the right, Ishinacho made a clearance from 12 yards like a shot, and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar. In the 92nd minute, Desbury passed the ball and Madison shot high. In the 93rd minute, Ishinacho skillfully made a long pass to Justin, and the unguarded Justin shot from 18 yards from the right rib and fired an anti-aircraft gun. In the end, Manchester United 1-0 Leicester City.
Leicester City (4231): 1-Ward/2-Justin, 42-Sumare, 6-Evans, 33-Thomas/25-Endidi, 8-Tielemans (76' 14 -Ishinacho)/22-Desbury, 10-Madison, 7-Barnes/9-Vardy (87' 20-Dhaka)
Manchester United (4231): 1-De Gea/20 - Dalot, 19- Varane , 6-Martinez, 12-Malaysia/39-McTominay, 14-Eriksen/36-Elanga (59' 18-card Semiro), 8-B fee, 25-Sancho (68' 7-C Ronaldo)/10-Rashford (87' 17-Fred)
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