Marcus Rashford’s early goal gave Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a ninth win from ten games as Manchester United boss with a one-nil victory at Leicester.
Rashford, on his one hundredth United appearance, rifled Paul Pogba’s inviting pass over the top past Kasper Schmeichel with nine minutes gone as United took full advantage of Leicester’s run of slow starts this season.
But their intensity did not match that of recent games and they created little else before half-time, although Leicester also looked devoid of ideas.
After half-time the hosts improved and Rachid Ghezzal’s free kick forced a save from David de Gea before Jonny Evans missed a great chance to score against his old club, but United stood firm and move within two points of fourth-placed Chelsea.
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