Leicester City 1 – 4 Manchester United: Player Ratings
By Jake Cursley
Defenders
Zieler: 6/10
It’s hard to pin the loss onto the Leicester City goalkeeper.
Coming into the first team as Schmeichel has suffered a midweek injury in training, Zieler had an average game.
Perhaps he could have collected the balls from the corners, perhaps that wasn’t part of Ranieri’s game plan.
His shot stopping was average at best, conceding only 1 goal from open play as Juan Mata struck a beautiful shot.
Danny Simpson: 6/10
Danny Simpson was afforded the tough task of keeping Marcus Rashford quiet.
Lucky to not get into the referee’s book until late into the first half, Simpson again, had an average game.
His defensive capabilities were tested as the majority of United’s possession was on their left hand side through Rashford and he saw them out well.
However in possession Simpson was sloppy and often gave the ball away.
Morgan: 5/10
The Leicester City captain did everything but lead by example today.
His organisation of the defence was all over the place at times, especially at pieces.
Many expected Morgan to have a good game today due to the physical battle with United’s striker Ibrahimovic however that didn’t turn out to be the case.
Huth: 5/10
Partly at fault for 2 of the goals, Huth had a shocker.
One thing you expect Leicester City to do well is defend corners. Today it’s what they were worst at.
Chris Smalling found himself with a free header as Huth failed to jump to meet the ball, from there it was all United.
Had Huth met the ball, the game could have been completely different as the goal was against the run of play.
Fuchs: 6/10
In possession Fuchs was average at best, his link-up play in the second half with Demarai Gray was great however in the first half his passing back and forth with Marc Albrighton was sloppy and misguided.
He had the job of defending against Juan Mata and Valencia, a tricky pair to come up against. He held his own well however, blocking most of the attempted crosses.