Manchester United v Leicester City: Premier League

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I’ll leave you Jamie Jackson’s report from Old Trafford. Bye!

And the player of the match is…

And since you asked, here’s Alex Ferguson’s record in his first 24 league games: W10 D8 L6 Pts 38.

Updated at 11.06 EST

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Full time: Man Utd 3-0 Leicester City

An imaginative chip from Bruno Fernandes lands on the roof of the net, and that’s the end of an ultimately comfortable victory for Manchester United.

Marcus Rashford continued his volcanic streak with two more goals, and the substitute Jadon Sancho – who played superbly in the No10 role – added a lovely third. Leicester were the better team in the first half, even though they were 1-0 down, but United romped to victory after the break.

90+2 min Maddison’s long-range shot is held to his right by de Gea. The victory looks comfortable now, but United needed to outstanding stops from de Gea at 0-0.

90+2 min “What a joy it is to see Marcus Rashford looking like the player he can be again,” says Tom Hopkins. “Him and Saka rampaging down the wings for England for the foreseeable future is a mouthwaterer.”

You say ‘again’, and I know what you mean, but I’m not sure he’s ever been this good. He had periods of being United’s talisman, particularly before Bruno Fernandes arrived, but there’s a ruthlessness to his finishing that I can’t recall seeing in the past.

90 min Elanga’s shot from a tight angle is saved with his legs by Ward. Four minutes of added time.

Updated at 10.50 EST

89 min Weghorst plays a fine reverse pass to Sancho on the left side of the area. He turns and finds Fernandes, whose attempted lay-off to Weghorst is cut out.

89 min Jadon Sancho’s best position is No10, discuss.

88 min: Great chance for Weghorst! The big man should have scored his first Premier League goal for United. McTominay played a good ball to find Sancho in space between the lines. He ran at a backpedalling defence and timed a through ball perfectly for Weghorst, whose low shot was saved by the legs of Ward. It was a good save, but he should have scored.

87 min Three of United’s next four league games are tough away fixtures – Liverpool, Brighton and Newcastle. If they win all three, they’ll be well and truly in a title race.

83 min “Cheers for the viewing tip,” says Simon McMahon. “After what happened at Tannadice yesterday with our centre half and Mr In Between (the sticks), I’m all about Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ateing the positive this weekend.”

Oh my word, this is outstanding.

83 min Praet’s shot deflects behind. The match is starting to peter out.

80 min: United substitution The crowd are enjoying a bit of olé football. Meanwhile, the 17-year-old Kobbie Mainoo makes his Premier League debut, replacing Marcel Sabitzer. Seventeen years old.

77 min Here’s the league table as things stand.

76 min: Double substitution for Leicester Dennis Praet and Jamie Vardy, whose introduction leads to chants of “Jamie Vardy, your wife is a grass”, replace Kelechi Ihenacho and Tete.

75 min “When we talk about players we think well he failed because of manager/tactics etc,” says Yash Gupta. “But we ignore one important factor – rehabilitation after injury and being gradually introduced into the team. Rashford last season was injured at the beginning of the season and was then rushed back.

“Ole was under pressure so he did what he did best – running players into the ground. In Rashford’s case that meant no gradual reintegration which resulted in setback and confidence loss, more small injuries and whole season was wasted. This season he’s fit again, not just physically but mentally as well and he looks a proper player again. Who knew players after injury need time!”

I agree totally about rehab, though I’d say it’s a bit harsh on Solskjaer – I think Rashford only started three games under him last season. It is interesting how untimely injuries can derail a career, even if the player isn’t out for that long. Wayne Rooney was never quite the same player after he went through a sliding door in Munich in March 2010.

Updated at 10.34 EST

73 min Castagne makes a crucial interception to stop Weghorst scoring (probably) from Wan-Bissaka’s low cross.

71 min Fernandes’s free-kick is headed wide from 14 yards by the stretching Weghorst. It was a pretty decent effort, but the ball swerved wide of the far post.

70 min: Chance for Sancho! Weghorst plays a fine reverse pass to put Sancho through on goal. He slides a shot across goal that is superbly blocked by the stretching Faes, then volleys the rebound into orbit.

69 min: Double substitution for United Anthony Elanga and Aaron Wan-Bissaka replace Marcus Rashford and Luke Shaw, two key players for the upcoming games against Barcelona and Newcastle.

67 min Leicester were terrific in the first half but United have been even better in the second. Erik ten Hag really has done a remarkable job, which is why I’m remarking upon it.

65 min Jadon Sancho looks a really interesting option at No10: technically excellent, comfortable in tight areas, low heart rate.

63 min United are flying now. Luke Shaw dances infield, all the way to the edge of the area before dragging a right-footed shot that is comfortably held to his right by the falling Ward.

That was an Ajax goal. Martinez bullied Iheanacho off the ball on the halfway line – Leicester thought it was a foul – with Rashford collecting the loose ball. He moved it forward to Sancho, just outside the D, and he played in the unmarked Fernandes on the right side of the area. Fernandes shaped to shoot and then returned it to Sancho, who tapped it gleefully into the open net.

Updated at 10.27 EST

GOAL! Man Utd 3-0 Leicester (Sancho 62)

What a beautiful goal!

Jadon Sancho of Manchester United celebrates scoring he third goal. Photograph: Ash Donelon/Manchester United/Getty Images

Updated at 10.32 EST

60 min This is turning into one of the great feelgood stories. Last season he scored five goals and looked like somebody who loathed football. This season he has 24 goals!

59 min: Double substitution for Leicester Youri Tielemans and Boubakary Soumare replace Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Nampalys Mendy.

59 min: United substitution Scott McTominay replaces Fred, whose last act was to make that second goal.

What a season he is having. It was a really smooth move from United: Martinez into Fred, who took a touch and slid the ball behind the defence. Rashford’s pace took him away from Souttar, and then he slid the ball through Ward’s legs.

GOAL! Man Utd 2-0 Leicester (Rashford 58)

The goal is given!

Marcus Rashford of Manchester United scoring the second goal. Photograph: Paul Currie/REX/ShutterstockRashford is congratulated again. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images

Updated at 10.34 EST

57 min: Rashford has a goal disallowed for offside! Fred played him through in the inside-left channel, and the rest was a formality, but the flag went up as soon as the ball hit the net.

It’ll be checked by VAR. It’s tight but I think he’s just offside.

Updated at 10.17 EST

56 min Scott McTominay, who has been out for three weeks through injury, is about to come on.

55 min “Is it unreasonable to suggest that Sabitzer should have seen red simply because of the intent?” says Stephen Carr. “Contact seems irrelevant in this context. That was a nasty one.”

No, not at all – if they thought it was deliberate, he would (should) have been sent off. Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off at City in 2006 when he fresh-aired a flying tackle on Andy Cole. Graeme Souness thought Sabitzer meant it. I’m not sure – the one thing I can’t reconcile is why a player would take such a risk when VAR is in use. It’s not 1984 anymore.

54 min Dalot surges infield again and finds Fernandes on the right of the area. His deep cross is headed back across goal by Fred towards Weghorst, eight yards out by facing away from goal. Weghorst goes down in instalments and blooters overhead kick into the Stretford End. He has plenty of virtues, but elegance and athleticism are not among them.

53 min Maddison’s free-kick hits the wall. Souttar heads the rebound back to Maddison, who slices a shot so badly that it stays in play on the far side. The bounce made it a very difficult ball to hit.

52 min Sabitzer fouls Maddison just outside the area, to the left of centre. I think we know who’ll take this…