Man Utd 3-0 Leicester: Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho score as Red Devils win

Marcus Rashford has scored 24 goals for Manchester United truthful acold this play - his astir prolific for the club

Marcus Rashford scored doubly to proceed his blistery streak and assistance Manchester United flooded Leicester successful the Premier League.

Both efforts were objective finishes, latching connected to passes from Bruno Fernandes and Fred earlier bearing down connected extremity and coolly slotting past Danny Ward.

Substitute Jadon Sancho finished disconnected a good squad determination to seal each 3 points for Erik 10 Hag's side, but it could person been a precise antithetic story.

Leicester created the amended chances erstwhile it was goalless and their nonaccomplishment to find a mode past David de Gea proved costly.

The Spaniard made a stunning reflex prevention to contradict Harvey Barnes from adjacent scope and kept retired Kelechi Iheanacho's diving header with different superb stop.

Defeat ended Leicester's three-game unbeaten tally and an inconsistent play sees them stay successful 14th spot successful the table.

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Red-hot Rashford leads United's charge

Manchester United look the astir important week of Ten Hag's abbreviated tenure, coming up against Barcelona successful their Europa League play-off 2nd limb connected Thursday, followed by a travel to Wembley wherever they look Newcastle successful the Carabao Cup final.

They spell into those 2 immense games bang successful form, having mislaid conscionable 3 of their 22 league games, and ruthless finishing ended Leicester's situation connected this occasion.

Leading the complaint is England planetary Rashford, who has present secured his astir prolific run for United with 3 months inactive to play.

The 25-year-old took his tally to 17 goals successful 18 games since the extremity of the World Cup, the astir by a subordinate successful Europe's apical 5 leagues.

His goals had the hallmarks of a subordinate afloat of confidence, stroking into the nett erstwhile done connected extremity and helium could person had a hat-trick erstwhile helium bushed 2 defenders but drilled his changeable consecutive astatine Ward.

Diogo Dalot missed a glaring accidental from six yards out, miscuing the fantabulous Fernandes' cross, portion Lisandro Martinez headed against the crossbar successful a 2nd fractional that was bossed by the location side.

United's purpose astatine the commencement of the run would person been a instrumentality to the Champions League and they are good connected their mode to achieving that, lying 3rd successful the array and 10 points wide of Tottenham successful fifth.

Looking supra them, is simply a rubric complaint retired of the question? United are 5 points adrift of leaders Arsenal, though the Gunners person played a crippled fewer.

Foxes rue missed chances

This was a lawsuit of what mightiness person been for Leicester.

Brendan Rodgers' broadside came into the crippled pursuing a thumping 4-1 triumph implicit Spurs past Saturday but volition rue the nonaccomplishment to instrumentality their opportunities this time.

De Gea denied Barnes and Iheanacho to assertion a 180th cleanable expanse for the Red Devils, drafting alongside Peter Schmeichel's nine record.

Leicester's January signing Tete flashed a changeable wide of the acold station and James Maddison dragged an effort disconnected people arsenic the Foxes went location empty-handed.

They volition look to get backmost to winning ways but look different large test, hosting apical of the array Arsenal connected Saturday (kick-off 15:00 GMT).

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