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Man Utd vs Leicester LIVE: Carabao Cup latest goal updates as hosts score four before half-time
The Red Devils head into the match with Van Nistelrooy as interim boss after sacking Erik ten Hag
Michael Jones
Wednesday 30 October 2024 20:56 GMT
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Manchester United face their first match since the sacking of Erik ten Hag, as they host Leicester City in the Carabao Cup fourth round on Wednesday night. The long-winded and inevitable exit of the Dutch head coach came to a head after the weekend following a late defeat to West Ham, which left United 14th in the Premier League.
Already talks to bring in Ruben Amorim as a replacement look significantly advanced, but for this match it will be Ruud van Nistelrooy in the dugout as interim boss.
Trying to capitalise on the situation at Old Trafford will be the Foxes, whose back-to-back league wins were halted last time out by Nottingham Forest – but sat in 15th, just two points behind United, they’ll be happy enough with their season’s start and perhaps sense an opportunity to provide a shock in this fixture.
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45+3 GOAL! Coady beats Bayindir from inside the six-yard box (MUN 4-2 LEI)
39’ GOAL! Casemiro scores his second from a corner (MUN 4-1 LEI)
36’ GOAL! Fernandes scores from a free kick (MUN 3-1 LEI)
33’ GOAL! El Khannouss pulls one back for Leicester (MUN 2-1 LEI)
28’ GOAL! Garnacho completes fine move with powerful finish (MUN 2-0 LEI)
15’ GOAL! Casemiro rocket sends United ahead (MUN 1-0 LEI)
Man Utd 4-2 Leicester
49 mins: James Justin stays high up the pitch and rolls one back to Bobby De Cordova-Reid. His first time cross finds Jordan Ayew who struggles to shift it into space in order to get a shot away.
United scramble to clear the ball and do so after a Casemiro block.
Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:56
Man Utd 4-2 Leicester
48 mins: Leicester aren’t out of this match. They’ve already scored twice and will know that this Manchester United team are a bit shaky defensively.
If they get the next goal they could turn the tables on their hosts.
Ruud van Nistelrooy will probably have told his players to keep trying to score. United need the confidence of a big win.
Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:54
Second half! Man Utd 4-2 Leicester
Man Utd kick off the second half. Surely this 45 minutes won’t be as exciting as the first one?
Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:52
HT Man Utd 4-2 Leicester
Manchester United have only scored eight goals in nine Premier League outings this season. They are currently on 11 goals from two matches in the Carabao Cup.
Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:51
HT Man Utd 4-2 Leicester
Manchester United lost 10 games by a margin of 3+ goals in all competitions under Erik ten Hag, twice as many as they suffered under any other Red Devils boss post Sir Alex Ferguson.
Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:47
HT Man Utd 4-2 Leicester
Man Utd are on top against Leicester City but will need to see this game out.
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(Nick Potts/PA Wire)
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Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:43
Half-time! Man Utd 4-2 Leicester
45+4 mins: Manchester United began life after Erik ten Hag in superb fashion with a four-goal flurry at Old Trafford in the first half of their Carabao Cup tie against Leicester City.
The hosts started shakily especially with the Foxes happy to press up the pitch. They controlled possession but were unable to play out from the back and made a few positional errors with Lisandro Martinez filling in at left-back.
Things settled down when Casemiro scored the first of six goals thanks to a rocket strike from range which left Danny Ward perplexed. Alejandro Garnacho quickly added a second with a finish to rival interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy before Bilal El Khannouss pulled one back for the visitors.
The goal fest didn’t stop there as Bruno Fernandes’ free kick took a big deflection to give United a third goal before Casemiro netted a second from a corner. With set pieces yielding goals, Conor Coady kept Leicester in the contest just before the break, turning in a loose ball after a free kick lifted it into the United area.
What will the second half have in store?
Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:39
GOAL! Man Utd 4-2 Leicester (Conor Coady, 45+8)
45+3 mins: A Leicester free kick is lifted into the Man Utd box. It hits Diogo Dalot who can’t do much about it and bobbles into the six-yard box.
Conor Coady comes through to meet the loose ball and turns it home. Leicester are still in this game.
Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:34
Man Utd 4-1 Leicester
45 mins: Four minutes of added time to play at the end of this half.
Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:31
Man Utd 4-1 Leicester
42 mins: Close!
Fernandes dinks another free kick over the Leicester defence and finds Casemiro. He heads one towards goal and forces a decent save out of Danny Ward.
Mike Jones30 October 2024 20:28
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