Without Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United was dealt an additional setback in its bid to safe Champions League qualification for subsequent season by drawing with Leicester 1-1 at dwelling within the English Premier League on Saturday.
Ronaldo, who helped Portugal qualify for the World Cup on Tuesday, missed the sport at Old Trafford with flu-like signs and United missed the reducing fringe of its high scorer.
United ended up needing a uncommon aim from Fred to get a degree, the defensive midfielder scoring within the 66th — three minutes after Kelechi Iheanacho broke the impasse for Leicester with a diving header.
United seems to be more and more unlikely to salvage a spot within the Champions League from the wreckage of a season during which the staff is already out of each cup competitors.
Sitting in sixth place, United is 4 factors adrift of fourth-placed Arsenal, which occupies the ultimate Champions League qualification spot. Arsenal additionally has two video games in hand, the primary of which comes at Crystal Palace on Monday.
Ninth-placed Leicester has one other European competitors on its thoughts — the third-tier Europa Conference League, the place the staff has superior to the quarterfinals and can play PSV Eindhoven on Thursday.
The league won’t be the precedence however Brendan Rodgers nonetheless fielded a powerful lineup at Old Trafford and Leicester induced United plenty of issues.
Iheanacho’s aim was a beautiful staff effort, with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall regaining possession with a high-quality protecting sort out, James Maddison offering a pinpoint cross along with his left foot, and Iheanacho producing a diving header previous David De Gea.
United’s response was speedy, with Fred ramming dwelling a rebound after Kasper Schmeichel may solely parry the ball out from Bruno Fernandes’ shot.
Maddison later had a aim dominated out by VAR for an earlier foul by Iheanacho, an incident that Rodgers appeared to complain about to the officers at fulltime.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
