Stopped United’s Record Search – VG

Ole Gunnar Solskjær had to see two points disappear completely at the back of the net in the top match.

– I’m disappointed, I think we control the last half. Vardy is always a threat. He was the difference between one and three points for us today, Solskjær said on the TV 2 broadcast.

The game started at a fast pace, and already after a minute, Marcus Rashford had a great opportunity, he is completely depressurized but heads the ball. But after 22 minutes came the knowledge of the net: Rashford had a new opportunity, got the ball perfectly taken in front of the goals of Daniel James and Bruno Fernandes. There was more than enough space in the center of the goal and Rashford calmly and kindly widened the ball to the left of Kasper Schmeichel.

That was Rashford’s 50th goal for United in the Premier League. But he still has a long way to go before the club’s all-time top scorer, Wayne Rooney, scored 183 Premier League goals for United.

But even though it takes a long time before anyone takes that record, it looked like it was going to be a record night at King Power Stadium.

Stopped in ten wins in a row

United had ten wins in a row, it was a club record. With a win over Leicester, United had broken the Premier League record against Manchester City and Chelsea with 11 wins in a row. City won their 11 consecutive victories in 2017 (May 21 to December 27), while Chelsea’s series is from 2008 (April 6 to December 7).

After Rashford gave United hope for a record, Harvey Barnes responded after half an hour when Bruno Fernandes cloned him for himself, Barnes shot with the left. It was hard. The ball went straight, De Gea was after him, but at the same time he did not approach.

Bruno Fernandes believes that United played well enough to win.

– We create chances, but we can defend ourselves better. They are a good team, they also have qualities. They have one of the best forwards on the field, Fernandes said on the TV 2 broadcast.

After 60 minutes, Anthony Martial sent a free kick high over the area.

Fernandes-scorer

After an hour of play, Anthony Martial put the ball into goal, but it was blown offside. Then Bruno again sent Fernandes United to the front, after a good stick from Edinson Cavani, just over ten minutes before the end. The record with an away win in the Premier League lived on, but Jamie Vardy is a notorious goal-hunter and once again placed himself perfectly in front of goal. Five minutes before full time, he secured the equalization, the distribution of points, and broke United’s search for records.

Vardy’s score means he is just one goal away from Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian is the top scorer with 13 goals so far this season. Vardy is now 12, while Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Tottenham’s Son Heung-min are 11.

Manchester United came to the King Power Stadium with a good Leicester stat in their pocket, United had four consecutive victories against the Blues. On December 23, 2017, it was a 2-2 draw, it was the last time Leicester scored points against Manchester United. Then it was Harry Maguire who saved points for Leicester by scoring in extra time.

P.S! With points divided between number two and three on Saturday, Liverpool have every chance to escape the lead on Sunday. Liverpool face bottom West Bromwich (penultimate) at Anfield.