Man United 3-0 Leicester: 3 things learned

The mental fragility is still embedded in the squad

When it’s good it can be great. But when it’s bad it can be cataclysmic. Sunday’s performance completely epitomised this dynamic within the side. The first half performance in which Leicester were extremely unfortunate to be behind due to being the vastly superior side, also thanks to David De Gea making some exceptional saves. It was very promising and looked as if last weeks showing at home to Tottenham had transferred over to the trip to Old Trafford.

The Foxes fought off the early charge of the home side and then started to dictate tempo and pick apart a “Casemiro-less” United side. Kelechi Iheanacho and James Maddison being at the heart of this dragging players like Lisandro Martinez out of position and exploiting the space in which Fred and Marcel Sabitzer struggled to occupy effectively. However, the second half was a completely different story – or cataclysmic.

Once more, United came out of the traps with high intensity but on this occasion City couldn’t grasp any once of control back into the contest. But it wasn’t just the fact that the Red Devils stepped it up a gear in the second period. It was more of the case that Leicester had reverted back into the side that started the season with one point from their first seven games.

Panic overtook the majority of the side and any amount of confidence that was instilled, completely drained. It was not just the harsh reality of the second goal – I will not be going into the complete farce that was the officiating in the contest, as it generally counter-productive and papers of the cracks of problems that you have control over.