Some records shouldn't be broken. Leicester fans saw a poor result cemented with something of a groundbreaking feat. For the first time ever in Premier League history, City have lost seven home fixtures in a row without scoring. This embarrassing run punctuates what fans at King Power Stadium have voiced their frustrations over.
The effort from the Foxes, granted, has been better compared to some matches. Overall, however, there has been a repeated lack of inspiration or willingness in the attack. For Ruud van Nistelrooy's men, coming close to scoring and getting results is far from good enough for what has been a disaster of a season.
This Manchester United game was largely seen as the best chance to get something in Prem play for quite a while. Time is well past, and not even managing an effort in the back of the net only further solidifies the inevitability of playing Championship soccer next year.
Even more frustratingly, LCFC had their share of chances against ManU, as they had in previous fixtures. Jamie Vardy nearly found the breakthrough a couple of times. André Onana proved equal to the challenge on Sunday and thwarted the striker's efforts.
In truth, however, City needed to be able to create more opportunities. Vardy is doing his best with limited service at this stage of his career. For any attacking player, however, it can be difficult to convert when the occasions are only few and far between.
Slight Leicester improvement
In fairness to Boubakary Soumaré and Wilfred Ndidi, the midfield did a better job in the center of the park. The hosts held majority possession at 54.1% after all. Outside of a few moments, though, it never looked likely that the home crowd would be able to cheer outside of an ironic applause for the rare shot on target from their team.
Under RvN, the makeup needed to shift to a more defensive five-back system. It has worked in terms of limiting the opponent's clear goal-scoring chances. The three goals by United took a little bit of doing, and Ruben Amorim's players were at times frustrated. Even with more of the ball, however, the Foxes rarely truly threatened Onana. City appeared more content to play it safe versus going for the result and trying to score.
Too often, a decently promising-looking attack ended with a Mads Hermansen touch. This further illustrates that an ensuing score from the visitors was always more likely than LCFC breaking their poor streak. The road doesn't get any easier for Leicester, as they travel to the Etihad next to face Manchester City.