Ruud van Nistelrooy’s first game at the helm of Manchester United gave fans something to cheer about after a turbulent week in which they sacked their manager Erik ten Hag
in cup competition again, so ending on the right end of a 5-2 goal fest as the interim manager can warm in his dotage.
But then Casemiro’s thunderbolt had Van Nistelrooy “oohing” and raising his arms. United’s build-up was neat, Leicester’s lack of pressure on them a dereliction. Through an inside left-channel, Lisandro Martínez found Alejandro Garnacho, who skipped infield and tapped to Bruno Fernandes. The captain, as he cutely does, let the ball roll and the Brazilian had an age to fire past Danny Ward into the top right corner.
All fine and dandy for United until, in first-half added-time, a Casemiro and Dalot mix-up and Conor Coady bundled in to give Van Nistelrooy something to chew on at the break.Despite the caretaker fielding a second No 6 in Manuel Ugarte, the gaps in the United midfield that are an unwanted Ten Hag legacy remained and Cooper’s unit ran through these in several concerning attacks.
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