For the stretches of the last six years, City of Leicester could savor the idea of Harry Maguire And Manchester United. Not here, however, and not in injury time. Leicester ended up with a feeling of injustice, cursing the objective marked by the man they sold for a world record for a central defender. The career at Old Trafford de Maguire has not always swimmed, but a night when they looked like drowning in their own incompetence, Rather, he has become a rescuer.
A 93rd minute header took the holders to the FA Cup Fifth round in a dramatic way; Controversial, also, since Maguire – and three of his teammates – looked suspect out of hand when he ran deep free of Bruno Fernandes to plant a categorical head. In the middle of the Bedlam scenes, Without Var To spare Leicester, the act of escapology of United was finished. “We were not defeated in Fergie, we were defeated in the offside period,” said Leicester manager Ruud Van Nistelrooy. “It was half a meter, clear online. It is decided by a clear and obvious error, which is unacceptable and unthinkable at this level. »»
Ruben Amorim admitted that United was lucky. “With Var, it’s not a goal and I think it’s important to have because it’s right,” he said. And Leicester considered that the score was not. “This is not what the team deserves,” added Van Nistelrooy.
The end was cruel, but the match was fundamentally changed at halftime. Enter Alejandro Garnacho, a marker from last season’s final. The Argentinian did not give any goal against Leicester but he was the catalyst for a return, the man who injected excitement into a Soporific display, sorry. “He changed the match with the races behind,” said Amorim. The fact that the Argentinian was only a replacement underlined the way in which United stumbled and made his way through the first 45 minutes.
“A good result, not a good performance,” said Amorim. His substitutions have made a difference, but he was wrongly mistaken his initial XI. There are themes there: United trying to compensate for the past errors, Amorim making a little-favorable start to life in Old Trafford.
But redemption can sometimes feel possible. Joshua Zirkzee, who finds the cathartic competition of the FA Cup, marked four minutes after its introduction. The Dutchman had pronounced the winning penalty during the shooting against Arsenal, another match which showed the determination of United. Rted against Newcastle, he heard his name sang after equalization.
He came from a garnacho wave. After Rasmus Hojlund had a shot blocked by Caleb Okoli, Zirkzee focused on the level. Garnacho had almost streaked just before with a burst in the box and a blow that deflected Wout Faes to make the Hermansen Mads complete. It took an amazing intervention of Okoli calev, cleanser via the underside of the bar, to preserve the example of Leicester, but only briefly.
Amorim had been forced to invoke Garnacho to the break, bringing a man who has no natural place in his system. The formation of the Portuguese does not allow the wingers, but United was woken up by one, by a player with a steering wheel to run among the defenders, with the speed and the skills to escape them. Perhaps Garnacho was faced by being omitted on one side so miserable. He played with a man’s air with a point to prove. He gave life to the crowd. Old Trafford, notable for huae at halftime, echoed the sound of “Viva Garnacho”.
No, unfortunately for him, Viva Patrick Dorgu, the man to make way for Garnacho. This was equivalent to a lamentable and terrible start to the Danish. It was not entirely his fault because he was chosen out of position, poor and hung at halftime. If the 30 million pounds sterling dane seemed to be bought like the left tour had lacked, Amorim rather decided to deploy a very left player on the right flank. It was a decision of the left field in some way, but clearly not in another. “If you see Dorgu’s story in the last team (LECCE), he played a lot on the right,” said Amorim. He promised that Dorgu will play there again, but he looked completely illogical, especially with Diogo Dalot used on the left. After the deployment of Kobbie Mainoo as a fake new against Crystal Palace, it was a second bizarre decision by Amorim in as many games. He handicapped his new recruit.
As for Mainoo, it was rather anonymous as No. 10. The recalled Hojlund was hungry for service until it was joined by Garnacho and Zirkzee. “We don’t help our strikers right now,” said Amorim. They do not help themselves. “We have to do so much better with the ball, without the ball,” he added. “We lack energy at first.” The difficulties of United in Old Trafford were an undesirable constant in the reign of Amorim, with only Everton and Southampton of Sean Dyche in the League. Leicester conceded in 10.18 seconds last week. United gathered only two shots in the first half, nor on the target.
And Leicester led. Bilal El Khannouss exceeded Leny Yoro with too much ease and cut the ball. Wilfred Ndidi’s shooting was saved by Andre Onana. The goalkeeper may have been unhappy: he fell for Bobby Decordova-Reid to go. El Khannouss was great, his talent suggesting that he will represent Leicester’s best hope to avoid relegation. Van nistelrooyWho won Old Trafford three times as director of the United Guardian, was on the right track for the best result of his reign in Leicester. He finished, he said, “emptied”. It was going so well. Visit fans were sufficiently confident that they spent part of the “OLE” of the second half by passing the ball; With Manuel Ugar, horrible in the midfield, even more shortcomings of United were apparent.
There was a danger that the night of Maguire was recalled for a moment of incompetence when he designed to pass the ball directly in Amorim. Instead, he ended AMORIM another investigation, extending his chances of winning the FA Cup, the surprise scourge of Leicester.
