In the past six years, Leicester City has enjoyed the idea of Harry Maguire and Manchester United. Not here and not in injury times. Leicester had a feeling of injustice and cursed the goal scored by the man, which they had sold for a world record fee for a central defender. Maguires Old Trafford career did not always go swimming, but on a night when she drowns in her own incompetence, he became savior instead.
A header with 93 minute brought the owners into the fifth round of the FA Cup in a dramatic manner; Also controversial, since Maguire and three of his teammates-misselized people had looked away when he ran to Bruno Fernande’s deep free kick to plant a emphatic header. In the midst of scenes of Bedlam, without Var, to save Leicester, United’s act, to save, act by United Act of the Escapology was complete. “We were not defeated in Fergie time, we were defeated during the daytime,” said Leicester Manager Ruud van Nistelrooy. “It was half a meter, clearly in line. A clear and obvious error is decided, which is unacceptable and unthinkable at this level. “
Ruben Amorim admitted that United was lucky. “With Var it is not a goal and I think it is important because it is fair,” he said. And Leicester felt that the goal line was not. “This is not what the team deserves,” added van Nistelrooy.
The end was cruel, but the game was fundamentally changed at half -time. Enter Alejandro Garnacho, a goal scorer in the final last season. The Argentinian did not give a goal against Leicester, but he was the catalyst for a comeback, the man who injected excitement into a sorry, sorry display. “He changed the game with the runs behind him,” said Amorim. The fact that the Argentine was only a replacement underlined the way United stumbled and stumbled through the opening of 45 minutes.
“A good result, not a good performance,” said Amorim. His substitutions made a difference, but he misunderstood his starting XI. There are topics: United try to compensate for the mistakes in the past, and Amorim makes an unfavorable start of life in Old Trafford.
But redemption can sometimes feel possible. Joshua Zirkzee, who finds the FA Cup as a cathartic competition, achieved four minutes after its introduction. The Dutch had provided the winner’s penalty in the shootout against Arsenal, another game that showed United’s determination. He was mocked against Newcastle and heard his name sang after the equalization.
It came from an increase of Garnacho. After Rasmus Hojlund blocked a shot from Caleb Okoli, Zirkzee was a minor foot in the level. Garnacho had almost almost upholstered into the box and a shot that had distracted Wout Faes to push himself over Mads. It required an astonishing intervention by Caleb Okoli, which was clarified via the underside of the bar to keep Leicester’s leadership, if only.
Amorim was forced to summon Garnacho during the break and put on a man who has no natural place in his system. The formation of the Portuguese does not allow wingers, but United was awakened by one player who, with the speed and the ability to avoid them, drive them with the drive. Perhaps Garnacho was popular with such a miserable side. He played with a point with a man’s air. He brought the crowd to life. Old Trafford, who was remarkable for Boos at halftime, repeated the sound of “Viva Garnacho”.
Viva Patrick Dorgu, unfortunately for him, the man who made Garnacho space. It was a dark, terrible debut for the Dane. It was not quite his fault when he was selected from the position, poor and was thrilled at half -time. If the 30 million pound dans seemed to be bought when the left wing seemed to be bought back, instead Amorim decided to use a very left player on the right flank. In one respect it was a decision for the left field, albeit clearly not in another. “When you see the story of Dorgu in the last team [Lecce] He played a lot on the right, ”said Amorim. He promised that Dorgu would play there again, but it looked absolutely illogical, especially when Diogo Dalot was used on the left. After the use of Kobbie Mainoo as the wrong nine against Crystal Palace, it was a second bizarre decision by Amorim in just as many games. He hindered his new recruit.
As far as Mainoo is concerned, he was anonymous as No. 10. The called Hojlund was connected by Garnacho and Zirkzee. “We don’t help our strikers at the moment,” said Amorim. They don’t help themselves. “We have to do so much better with the ball without the ball,” he added. “We had no energy at the beginning.” United’s fights in Old Trafford were an undesirable constant in Amorim’s reign, and only Sean Dyche’s Everton and Southampton were beaten in the league. Leicester had granted last week in 10.18 seconds. United has only gathered two shots in the opening of the opening, neither at the goal.
And Leicester led. Bilal El Khannouss exceeded Leny Yoro with too much ease and cut the ball. Wilfred Ndidi’s shot was saved by Andre Onana. The goalkeeper was perhaps unhappy: it fell towards Bobby Decordova series. Van Nistelrooy, who won three times in Old Trafford as a caretaker of United, was on the way to the best result of his reign in Leicester. He ended, he said, “disappointed”. It had gone so well. The guest fans were sufficiently confident that they spent part of the second half “Ole” when they came around the ball. Since Manuel Ugarte was terrible in midfield, even more United defects were obvious.
There was a danger that Maguires night remembered for a moment of incompetence when he handed over the ball directly to Amorim. Instead, he ended Amorim to save another investigation and to expand his chances of winning the FA Cup, the surprise horses of Leicester.