Marcus Rashford pounces early as Manchester United edge past Leicester

The Ole Gunnar Solskjær bandwagon rolls on. For the first time since the days when Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge – back in the 2012-13 season – Manchester United have racked up five successive away victories. The latest came courtesy of another goal from Marcus Rashford, who looks like a player reborn under Solskjær and marked his 100th Premier League appearance in style.

In truth, it was a long way from being a vintage United performance and Leicester, who have beaten Chelsea and Manchester City and drawn with Liverpool in the last six weeks, had enough chances to salvage something from the game. A couple of those opportunities fell to Jamie Vardy, Harry Maguire screwed a shot wide in the closing stages and David de Gea produced a wonderful save to keep out Rachid Ghezzal’s free-kick.

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