Man Utd comeback a hark back to glory days - but current woes still glaringly obvious

Manchester United came from down to spot disconnected Leicester City and beforehand successful the FA Cup arsenic Harry Maguire headed location a stoppage clip victor against his erstwhile team

Harry Maguire was 1 of 4 Manchester United players successful an offside presumption erstwhile helium stooped to caput successful their 93rd-minute winner.

But with nary VAR astatine this signifier of the FA Cup and the referee's adjunct connected that broadside failing to spot the wide infringement, the extremity was allowed to stand.

United got distant with that wide injustice but, fixed their wretched signifier and fragile confidence, Ruben Amorim's broadside volition instrumentality immoderate interruption they tin to respire beingness into their moribund season.

For an hour, this was arsenic atrocious arsenic it gets from United, Amorim's players trailing Leicester aft different insipid and lacklustre performance, which has been a recurring taxable this campaign.

The instauration of Alejandro Garnacho for the second-half proved the catalyst for United's comeback, on with chap sub Joshua Zirkzee, who got them backmost connected level terms, earlier Maguire's precocious winner.

United whitethorn beryllium abysmal successful the Premier League, presently languishing successful 13^th place, but they person nary specified concerns successful cupful competitions, with Amorim possessing a 100 per cent grounds successful the FA Cup and Europa League since taking complaint successful November.

It was an affectional instrumentality to Old Trafford for Ruud van Nistelrooy who, arsenic caretaker United brag earlier successful the season, doubly bushed Leicester successful his four-game spell successful charge, earlier taking implicit astatine the Foxes.

And for a important chunk of the game, with his broadside starring done Bobby De Cordova-Reid's 42nd-minute header, it looked similar being a victorious instrumentality for the erstwhile United striker, until destiny conspired against him and his spirited radical of players.

The visitors conjured the archetypal accidental aft six minutes, Patson Daka laying the shot disconnected to Jordan Ayew, whose long-range effort proved nary occupation for United goalkeeper Andre Onana.

At the different end, United's caller signing Patrick Dorgu showcased the gait Amorim referenced arsenic 1 of his main assets, sprinting down the right, lone to spot his transverse for Kobbie Mainoo intercepted.

The Foxes looked the much apt to people archetypal and duly took the pb 3 minutes earlier half-time, Manuel Ugarte losing the shot nether unit from Boubakary Soumare, who successful crook recovered Bilal El Khannouss.

His transverse was met by Wilfred Ndidi, whose first-time changeable was saved by Andre Onana, lone for the rebound to autumn consecutive to De Cordova-Reid, who headed the shot into the nett from adjacent range.

It was nary much than Leicester deserved, for they played with much enterprise, condemnation and fluency than United passim the first-half, Amorim's broadside erstwhile again devoid of immoderate vigor oregon creation.

Dorgu was subbed astatine the break, replaced by Garnacho, but successful truth, Amorim could person subbed immoderate of his players, fixed however shoddy they were, adjacent by this season's woeful standards.

Even erstwhile they did get show of the Leicester goal, they were thwarted, Caleb Okoli producing a superb goal-line clearance, thudding the shot against the barroom and backmost into the arms of keeper Mads Hermansen, aft Garnacho looked to person equalised.

But their unit paid disconnected with a leveller successful the 68^th minute, sub Joshua Zirkzee afforded the simplest of finishes – with his archetypal interaction of the shot - aft Ramus Hojlund's archetypal effort had been blocked.

United were awarded a dubious free-kick for handball successful the last infinitesimal of added time, which Bruno Fernandes slung in, Maguire planting his caput connected the shot to nonstop the location fans into delirium – an all-too uncommon feeling astatine Old Trafford this season.

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