3 Things to look out for in Manchester United vs Leicester City

A new-look Leicester City

What a difference three signings make! Tete, Viktor Kristiansen, and Harry Souttar have been excellent additions to the team. So, my next two points actually revolve around two areas of the pitch: the new-look attack, and then the revitalised defence.

In attack, as Adrian Clarke writes for the Premier League:

"”Leicester’s new-look attacking quartet are absolutely flying… [They] have all been in outstanding form”"

Upfront, James Maddison, Kelechi Iheanacho, Harvey Barnes, and our Brazilian winger have completely revolutionised the way Leicester play. Instead of cautiously hoping to produce something with Patson Daka or Jamie Vardy, the Foxes now consistently create with explosiveness and clinical execution.

It is often to see ‘Madders’ and the ‘Seniorman’ link up at the front as both look to collect the ball ahead of the opposition line and link up play with on-running midfielders like Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall or wingers like our English left winger. Further, the versatility of those two means they can also run in behind the opposition line and create opportunities for themselves as passes come in from midfield and the wings. That is where ‘KDH’ and overlapping fullbacks come into play.

Beyond this, our English and Brazilian wingers offer explosiveness, dribbling, pace, and damaging impact incessantly. You cannot sacrifice a defender to keep Barnes quiet anymore, as you have the same style of player on the other side. If you then try to shut them down with multiple players, you are both creating space more centrally for Maddison and Iheanacho, and reducing your ability to counter on the turnover. For United, this would mean relying too heavily on longer balls to Marcus Rashford to create opportunities.