Manchester United 2-1 Leicester City highlights and match report from FA Cup win

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Harry Maguire scored late on as Manchester United defeated Leicester in the FA Cup fourth round on Friday night.  #MUFC #ManUtd #Leicester #FACup #highlights #report

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00:00Manchester United came from behind to defeat Leicester City

00:04and keep their hopes of retaining FA Cup alive here at Old Trafford on Friday night.

00:09Harry Maguire headed in with one of the last touches of the game

00:12to salvage what was a poor performance of Manchester United.

00:15Another game in which lots of questions were asked of Ruben Amrand's side

00:19and just how much of a change he has made since he took over for the club.

00:24United made two changes from a team that lost here to Crystal Palace at the weekend.

00:28Sandro Martinez could be out for the remainder of the season.

00:31Patrick Dorgu came in for his debut.

00:34He was quite impressive, although he decided to be a left wing back

00:37and played on the right for the 4-5 minutes we saw of him tonight.

00:41He linked up well with Ahmad Diallo, had some good driving runs

00:44and some nice bright bits of play on the ball,

00:47but we'll see a lot more from Patrick Dorgu in the weeks ahead

00:50and we should hopefully see him in his preferred position as well.

00:54Ahmad and Dorgu were the two highlights for United in that first half.

00:57It was a really low-quality match, but Leicester, like so many teams this season,

01:01took the lead at Old Trafford.

01:03They ran on the left, the ball was cut back, Ndidi's shot nearly crossed the line

01:07and then Bobby de Corvairid was there on hand to head in and give Leicester

01:12the shocked lead at half-time, a lead that couldn't really be complained about

01:15given how poor and passive Manchester United were.

01:18They hadn't managed a shot on target in that first quarter-back minute.

01:22At half-time, Dorgu came off, Garnaccio came on.

01:25He proved to be the catalyst for United's comeback.

01:27The best player in a red shirt other than Joshua Xherxey also came on

01:31and made an impact, but really not quite as much of an impact as Garnaccio.

01:35Garnaccio couldn't draw on United level.

01:37He ran through on goal, took the ball past the goalkeeper

01:40and it was clearly incredibly off the line.

01:42United, though they were huffing and puffing, they were making chances,

01:45they were threatening Leicester whenever they got down that left wing.

01:48Garnaccio again, cut there, pulled the ball across for Hoyland.

01:51His shot was blocked and Joshua Xherxey in the right place at the right time

01:54to fire United level.

01:56It was a simple goal, but it's credit to Xherxey for making it look so simple.

02:00Those are the type of goals that just haven't scored this season.

02:02They haven't had a player in between the sticks, just ready to gobble up those opportunities.

02:07Xherxey worked really hard today.

02:09He deserves a lot of credit for the way that he imposed himself on the game

02:12and that he just harassed the Leicester defence as much as he could.

02:16United were pushing for a winner.

02:18It didn't look like it was going to come.

02:20It looked like we were destined for extra time and possibly penalties,

02:23just as we saw in the third round when United defeated Arsenal.

02:27But then, with the last meaningful moment of the game,

02:30a free kick from Bruno Fernandes was whipped in towards the back post

02:33and Harry Maguire headed in at the Stretford end to rescue the game from Man Utd,

02:38to put them into the next round of the competition

02:40and to, I should say, salvage what was another really poor and disappointing

02:43overall team performance from Manchester United.

02:46In cup competitions, it's not really about performances.

02:49It's all about the results.

02:50We saw that last season when United went and won the trophy at Wembley.

02:53They redeemed themselves in that performance under the arch against Man City.

02:57As long as they're in the cup competition,

02:59Cameron will see it as an attainable piece of silverware.

03:02United knocked out Arsenal.

03:03They've now knocked out Leicester City as well.

03:05United are into the fifth round of the FA Cup.

03:07They'll have to play a lot better if they're to win the trophy once again this season.

03:11But they're still in it and they can still dream of doing so.

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