Leicester 3 – 1 Man Utd

Leicester Metropolis are simply two victories away from profitable the FA Cup for the primary time after beating Manchester United 3-1 to arrange a Wembley semi-final towards Southampton.

Regardless of lacking James Maddison, James Justin, Harvey Barnes and Ricardo Pereira by way of harm, Leicester remained a pressure to be reckoned with and took the lead within the quarter-final tie on the King Energy Stadium by way of Kelechi Iheanacho when the striker took benefit of a horrendous go from Fred.

United scored towards the run of play by way of Mason Greenwood, however the Foxes remained the brighter staff and regained the lead by way of a high quality Youri Tielemans strike.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had determined to relaxation a handful of his United regulars however despatched on Bruno Fernandes, Luke Shaw, Edinson Cavani and Scott McTominay with 25 minutes left. Nevertheless, it did not spark the guests as Iheanacho wrapped up the sport with a back-post header with 10 minutes remaining, netting his seventh objective in his final 4 appearances.

Leicester’s win units up a primary FA Cup semi-final since 1982 for the membership, whereas United’s solely hope of silverware this season now comes within the type of the Europa League.

How Leicester reduce by way of meek United…

United’s lacklustre play was summed up by Fred’s lack of ability to discover a team-mate with most of his passes. He misplaced the ball which allowed Iheanacho and Ayoze Perez to interrupt and ended with Jamie Vardy testing Dean Henderson with a low drive.

Vardy wasted a high quality opening quickly after when his shot was blocked by Harry Maguire with Iheanacho free however Leicester have been sharper than United all around the pitch.

The opener got here on 24 minutes in embarrassing vogue from a United perspective.

United tried to go their means out from the again and, when Maguire performed Fred into bother, the midfielder bought Henderson woefully quick.

It allowed Iheanacho to nip in, around the goalkeeper and faucet into an empty web for his twelfth objective in 18 FA Cup appearances.

The objective appeared to offer United a wake-up name and so they equalised seven minutes earlier than the break.

Paul Pogba discovered area on the left and his cross was dummied by Donny van de Beek for Greenwood to comb in from eight yards.

Perez got here near restoring Leicester’s lead forward of half-time just for his 18-yard effort to go large.

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An improved exhibiting from Solskjaer’s staff was anticipated after the break though the boss resisted the urge to make any adjustments.

Maybe that was a call he regretted six minutes after the break, when Tielemans restored Leicester’s lead.

The midfielder swapped passes round Matic with Iheanacho to drive in the direction of objective and United’s defence parted to permit the Belgium worldwide to seek out the underside nook from 18 yards in stylish vogue.

Vardy then ought to have ended the tie after 58 minutes.

Iheanacho was concerned as he discovered the striker who skipped previous a static Maguire however, with simply Henderson to beat, dragged large of the close to put up.

Solskjaer then made the quadruple change however it did little to vary United’s fortunes.

Leicester carried an enormous menace on the break and Iheanacho sealed Leicester’s progress with 12 minutes left, heading dwelling Marc Albrighton’s free-kick.

Man of the match: Wilfred Ndidi

The Leicester midfield is every little thing a Manchester United midfield ought to be, led masterfully by Ndidi. His partnership in there with Tielemans has the proper steadiness of metal and high quality. They ran Fred and Matic ragged within the coronary heart of the pitch as Ndidi tackled every little thing that moved.

A particular point out to Iheanacho, too. He has discovered the goalscoring contact of late and his partnership with Vardy continues to impress.

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• Leicester Metropolis have reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the primary time since 1981-82 – they’d misplaced 5 consecutive FA Cup quarter-final matches earlier than right now.
• Manchester United have misplaced an away match towards English opposition for the primary time in 30 matches, with the earlier such defeat coming towards Liverpool in January 2020.
• This was Leicester’s first victory in 14 makes an attempt towards Manchester United, since beating them 5-3 in a Premier League match in September 2014.
• Because the begin of final season, Mason Greenwood has scored 22 objectives in all competitions, probably the most by an adolescent for golf equipment within the prime 5 European leagues on this time.
• Iheanacho has scored 16 objectives in 22 begins in English home cup competitions, together with 11 in 11 within the FA Cup.

What’s subsequent?

Saturday third April 5:00pm


Kick off 5:30pm

Manchester United return from the worldwide break with a recreation towards Brighton at Outdated Trafford on Sunday April 4 (7.30 kick off), whereas Leicester host Manchester Metropolis, reside on Sky Sports activities on Saturday April 3 (5.30 kick off).