Manchester United earned its first win in over a month in beating Leicester 1-0 thanks to an early Marcus Rashford penalty on Saturday.

Manchester United's season so far

United lost one and drew two of its last three English Premier League games since beating Chelsea 4-0 on opening day, but seized le early against Leicester. Rashford was brought down by Caglar Soyuncu, who’s taken over in Leicester’s defense after United signed Harry Maguire, and stepped up to score with a powerful strike from spot in eighth minute. United h missed two penalties since scoring one in win over Chelsea, and Paul Pogba h been targeted with racial abuse on Twitter following a penalty miss last month. After fast start, however, United’s energy dissipated. Manr Ole Gunnar Solskjaer mitted team failed to win games even when “performances have been miles better than this.” United looked robust in defense, with Maguire containing his former Leicester teammate Jamie Vardy, but lacked a cutting edge to take vant of Leicester’s disarray after first goal.Leicester, which h been unbeaten in its first four league games, nearly leveled in 30th when goalkeeper David de Gea was forced to leap to keep out a long-range shot from Ben Chilwell. That was de Gea’s second big save of game after stopping James Mdison’s shot in opening minutes. 

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Manchester United make merry in second half

game largely fizzled out in second half, with United happy to defend a one-goal le — with hard-working Scott McTominay holding midfield toger — and Leicester unable to create clear chances.

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“Of course, we want to play better than this. We want to have ball and dominate,” Solskjaer said. “But some games, sometimes you play against teams that give you problems and I thought we rode game out well.”

Rashford hit bar with a free-kick later on, while Wilfred Ndidi h Leicester’s best chance for a late equalizer, blasting wide of post in stopp time.

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