Stats and style prove Leicester deserved to beat Man United

A lot of LCFC’s downfalls were self-inflicted, at times they’d rush passes out of defence and concede possession. These turnovers netted Manchester United their best chances; with the goal coming from this sort of situation. A sequence of wrong decisions, such as Daniel Amartey’s bad back pass, Iheanacho not contesting the aerial ball with Raphaël Varane, and the centre-backs over committing to a potential Bruno Fernandes shot from range, all played a role in the equaliser.

It was a similar scenario in the first-half, Fofana’s attempted vertical pass was intercepted by Fred, ending in another effort for Bruno Fernandes — this time the save from Schmeichel was strong enough to remove rebound options. But, the shot creation for Ralf Rangnick’s side was identical, capitalise on an error rather than utilising static possession themselves. In all honesty, United created very few shooting opportunities during the game — which is a credit to the defensive shape Rodgers’ utilised, a 4–4–2 defensive block that could adjust into a high-block or a low one.

For all of these reasons, Leicester can be credited with “control” of the match against Manchester United. On another day, one of the speculative first-half efforts (from Iheanacho or Harvey Barnes) would’ve supported the single goal they scored this weekend, and the trip back to the East Midlands would be with three points. Instead, it’s a good performance and only a draw. Given the struggles to find a performance this season, I would hesitantly suggest that could be regarded as a win for the Foxes.