I’m going to love you and leave you. Check out Daniel Taylor’s match report and Jamie Jackson’s analysis piece below – and then come back during the weekend for comprehensive coverage of all the action. Thanks for reading, emailing and tweeting. See you soon!

Shaw speaks too:

“For me it’s the first one, it doesn’t matter how I score it. I meant to come inside but I managed to get my foot on it and put it into the corner. Schmeichel said to me afterwards ‘You spawny man’ but I don’t care. It’s the best feeling of my career so far. I’ve worked really hard over pre-season; fitness-wise I felt really good. I know I can still be better and I want to be a better player than today.

Pogba speaks, firstly on his partnership with Fred:

“We started ok, I wouldn’t say it was the best game, but it’s normal, we just started to play together, I can feel he’s a very good player and will really help us. I feel very comfortable with him and with the rest of the centre mids. We will be very happy with Fred this season.

“I’m someone who likes challenges. I want to improve and progress and keep [the World Cup] behind now. I’m young, 25, I want to improve and learn again and win more trophies. I haven’t won the Premier League or Champions League or European Championship, so there is more to win hopefully.”

What was all the worry about?

90+5 min: It comes in just beyond Schmeichel and somebody, I couldn’t tell who, heads it two yards wide!

90+5 min: Leicester have a corner and up comes Schmeichel ...

90+1 min: And Vardy should score in the first of them. Totally unmarked, he volleys a Ricardo delivery well over from 10 yards. Could and should have made it interesting.

90+1 min: We will enjoy four further minutes of this.

89 min: Mata crosses beyond Lukaku, who was ready to meet the delivery with a back-post header. I think United will be happy with two.

87 min: This is the sort of game United might go on and win 4-0 in the last few minutes. I did say “might”.

85 min: Pogba was replaced by Fellaini straight after the goal, by the way.

82 min: “Remember City & United fans used to argue about whether Iheanacho or Rashford was the better player?” writes Niall Mullen. “At the moment both of them really look like they need to learn the underrated art of banging it in the goal again.”

80 min: One last roll for Leicester. Iborra comes on for Adrien Silva in midfield.

78 min: How does Lukaku not score there?! Sanchez does well this time and squares to a completely unmarked Lukaku 10 yards out, and it’s going to be two-zero ... but Schmeichel manages to channel his father and deflect his shot just over with a leg! Fine goalkeeping but that should have been game over. It’s United’s first clear chance since the penalty.

76 min: Close for Leicester though! Vardy barges Shaw off the ball – legally, despite the home protestations – near the right byline, has acres of space and whips a low ball in. Gray meets it on the run and jabs towards goal, but De Gea is down smartly to clutch to his right. That could have been 1-1, it’s the best thing they’ve done all half. Now Fred, who grew into his debut I’d say, is replaced by Scott McTominay.

75 min: This has become a really scrappy, error-strewn second half in which neither side can really put a thing together.

73 min: Alexis Sanchez is slowing up, isn’t he. It’s understandable, he’s 30 later this year and must be absolutely knackered given the career he’s had. But he just can’t quite get away from his man here when he goes on a run – he knows it too, and as a result is trying early balls that rarely come off.

71 min: Slow pace at the moment. And in losing Maddison, Leicester have lost their best knotter-together of attacking moves.

69 min: Adrien Silva is left in a heap near the centre circle by Pereira, who is promptly booked.

67 min: Off comes Rashford, livelier in this half with more space available but still fairly quiet, and here’s Lukaku. That might help United hold the ball in Leicester’s half as we go on.

65 min: Chance for Mata, whose sidefooted effort from 18 yards is deflected wide – off an arm actually – but a goal kick is given. It came about from a dazzling first-time ball from Pogba, which bypassed the Leicester midfield and gave Sanchez the chance to tee the Spaniard up.

63 min: It’s two subs in fact. Amartey is off, Ghezzal on – so Peter Oh gets his wish. Maddison, quieter this half, is replaced by Vardy. Perhaps Leicester will go a little more direct now.

62 min: Bailly, not for the first time, defends superbly in getting across and preventing Iheanacho – who has scored here for Manchester City – from getting onto a long pass. Leicester are readying a sub ...

59 min: Chilwell, impressive today, sees a cross clawed away by De Gea. But Leicester just lack that cutting edge ...

56 min: United sweep forward and Darmian drills one low to Schmeichel, who has to gather at the second attempt. This half is certainly being played more in Leicester territory than the first.

54 min: Sanchez concludes a scrappy spell with an aimless cross that Schmeichel takes. I wonder if we’ll see Vardy soon for Leicester. In the meantime Fred, who’s having a niggly couple of minutes, is booked for an earlier foul on Maddison.

51 min: Amartey is booked for felling Sanchez, who’d seized on a stray Morgan pass. Probably a sensible foul although Sanchez wasn’t far beyond halfway.

50 min ... which is wasted, Schmeichel claiming unopposed.

49 min: But now we’re back where we were, Leicester popping it about without picking United open. You do get the impression one good pass would turn them round on the counter. United try to do just that and Rashford wins a corner from Gray ...

47 min: A mistake from Maguire lets Rashford get a run down the right, but his low centre is cut out by Amartey. United have started the half fairly well.

“Agreed, not very impressive football yet, but it’s still lovely to see footie start a new season!” writes ‘Greywolf’. “Now, if only Mourinho could give the long face and melodrama a break, that’d be nice. not holding me breath, though. That’s Mourinho, innit.”

“I’m not someone who Ghezzal worked up about new signings, but I look forward to the Algerian winger debuting for Leicester,” guffaws Peter Oh.

44 min: A deep right-sided free-kick from Maddison is headed away by Rashford and United’s lead should be intact at the break.

41 min: Fred pings a lovely crossfield ball to Shaw, who knocks inside to Mata, who then plays the marauding full-back in. It’s on Shaw’s right foot and a fairly easy save for Schmeichel, but that was an encouraging move all round by United.

40 min: A bit better there, though, as Pogba plays a smart give-and-go with Pereira and then fires an optimistic effort that Schmeichel claims. United are putting a few passes together now, at last.

38 min: Sanchez has a chance to run at Leicester down the left but is dispossessed dispiritingly easily as he waits for Shaw to overlap. United have offered next to nothing in attack apart from the goal.

36 min: Iheanacho almost wriggles clear from Lindelof for a one-on-one with De Gea, but the defender just about does enough and then Iheanacho can’t *quite* get up in time to salvage the loose ball. It came from a wonderful first-time touch round the defence from Gray.

35 min: United have been loose and sloppy for a good 20 minutes or so now. Leicester are controlling this, without creating a lot bar the Maddison shot.

33 min: “Is the black added to the Man U home strip indicative of Mourinho’s mood? asks Gary Byrne. “Only time will tell, but it looks like he’s moving towards the Dark Side of the this farce.”

32 min: Maddison, who loves a free-kick, sizes one up from a central position 30 yards out. It’s whipped and well struck, but hits a defender just beyond the wall.

31 min: ... nothing much happens. But Leicester do win a third consecutive flag kick, also cleared, and they are really playing rather well at the moment.

29 min: Nearly 1-1! Maddison finds space in the box, takes a pass from the right and sees a 12-yard angled shot superbly saved by De Gea. Iheanacho can’t make anything of it and a resulting corner comes to nothing. But the pressure is kept up and Ricardo drills in a 30-yarder that Pogba deflects over for another flag kick. From which ...

Banter times two.

27 min: Leicester win a corner after a slick move, orchestrated largely by the confident Maddison. He’ll take the flag kick, inswung from the left. It’s another decent delivery and another brave defensive header from ... I think it was Bailly this time.

25 min: Ndidi tries to manufacture space for a shot but Pereira, I think it was, makes sure he scuffs it. We’re in “next goal very important” territory I’d say, although United haven’t exactly been on the ropes.

22 min: Fred has been a bit mixed in possession so far and gets a bit lucky when he wins a free-kick after some loose control. We have a scrappy phase at the moment. But I think Mourinho would be delighted simply to win this one.

20 min: Now a better spell of United possession, which is halted after Ricardo takes a knock on the head. He seems OK and the ball is kicked back to Schmeichel, sportingly.

18 min: United can’t really keep hold of the ball at the moment. Leicester look bright down that left side, United’s right, and have certainly recovered well from such an early setback.

15 min: Gray does wonderfully to lose Darmian and Bailly stabs his low cross away at the near post, Ndidi rifling the loose ball low at De Gea from 25 yards. Leicester come again and Iheanacho flashes one just wide from an angle, although he’s flagged offside. Leicester are seeing a lot of the ball now, United seemingly content to wait for the counter.

13 min: Chilwell goes on a 60-yard run towards the area and is eventually faced with Bailly, who wins the ball ever so cleanly with a textbook sliding challenge. Love those.

11 min: This time Maddison delivers and it’s a good one, but Pogba clears with no Leicester player inside the six-yard box to attack it.

10 min: Leicester seem to have settled and Gray is barged over by Darmian in an even better position ...

9 min: United playing in black shorts at Old Trafford is not a sight that looks at all right. That’s the negative for them so far.

7 min: Fred concedes a soft foul on Maddison in a good left-sided position for Leicester, who had their first proper spell of possession prior to that. Chilwell delivers the set-piece ... but it’s headed away well.

4 min: Schmeichel is out of his area quickly to boot a long ball away from Sanchez. The home side’s tails are up.

The players are emerging from the tunnel ... which means the new top-flight season is moments away! Old Trafford is pulsating. Well, not quite, but there’s applause and some chanting. It’s something!

Puel on the difficulty of selecting a fit team: “It was a difficult pre-season for us, we have international players coming back step by step, of course injuries also and some problems in the transfer window. We know all these things and try to pick a team to win the game today, and to compensate with good solidarity and a good mentality.

On picking one-time United target Harry Maguire so soon post-World Cup: “It’s always a risk but we have to take it, we will see by the end of the game if we can maintain a rhythm and a tempo, it’s a good challenge.”

“I was really gutted after yesterday,” admits Derek Wagner. “I felt really disappointed already. No new players in on deadline day and Timothy Fosu Mensah out. All pre-season has been that way. I saw United in Michigan and they could not even clap around the stadium. Any way, I saw the lineup for today and now I am re-energised! Pogba, Fred, Pereira is a midfield worth getting excited about.”

That’s the spirit – Fred might well be a great addition and I think could get that midfield properly moving. Exciting to see Pereira, who has done well recently, in there too.

“For a bit of controversy, I’m completely with Woodward on this,” chimes Kevin Wilson. “Mourinho has a huge squad, full of internationals. City are streets ahead, sure, but anything less than second should be a disappointment. OK, Liverpool have a few new players, but Chelsea have lost their keeper, Spurs haven’t bought anyone, and Arsenal’s signings are hardly upgrades.

“United have plenty of defenders; they need to sell a couple to be honest. And none of the names mentioned were world class, so I don’t see the point in spending crazy money. If anything, they needed a right back (who sanctioned Dalot?) and a right sided attacking midfielder. Mourinho should be able to achieve his aims with what he has. If he doesn’t like it, leave (he’ll lose a pay off of course).”

We’ve run comprehensive pre-season previews on all 20 Premier League teams over the past fortnight. You’ve just about enough time to read both of tonight’s, which should kit you out nicely.

Here’s Manchester United, with Jamie Jackson:

And below is Leicester City, by Paul Doyle:

There we go!!

Breaking from the United theme for a sec – interested to see what Iheanacho can do tonight for Leicester. He ended last season really well and there’s a big talent waiting to get out, I reckon. I also picked him for my fantasy team so he’ll feel some extra pressure out there.

“The last time I felt this underwhelmed on the eve of a season was 1982,
and that was because I was totally disillusioned by football for a
couple of years and wanted nothing to do with it,” writes Martin Crookall.

Martin Shutt points the finger sternly at United’s CEO:

“The problem with United is Woodward, has been from day one. Wooden by nature & wooden by name. He is a bean counter & any successful business will tell you bean counters should not be involved in any way of running a business or making decisions. United fans need to get behind the manager or he will go & I don’t blame him, this is big business & you don’t win anything without big, big players.

“The manager has a top track record, maybe he moans a bit but not as much as most Yorkshiremen. A team of mediocre players will give mediocre results. Maybe this year Pogba will play more with the ball than with his hair. If all else fails & you want to watch a team run until they drop you can always watch Burnley.”

Rohit Kumar sees those positives!

“Jose is a Jackal in sheep’s clothing. IMHO, in preseason he wanted the team to just practice defence, so that they come up with one point at least. United are still an exceptional team on paper, and BTW, Manchester City last season won a good lot of matches in the last minutes/ section of their games. Lightning doesn’t strike twice at the same place. Fingers crossed.”

Mark tells me he came out of Twitter retirement for this, so we are honoured.

United fans ... is this really, as I’ve seen in various quarters, the most underwhelmed you’ve felt on the eve of a season? I’d like to know – and would particularly like to hear from anyone who has a more positive take, too. The email and Twitter addresses are above.

Mourinho speaks ... and his first comment is a moan about the length of the journey from the team hotel. Then:

“I don’t want to speak with you about the season, I want to speak about the match. We are going to try and do everything to do well, to win, and to go into next week with good spirit.”

On Pogba as captain:

“Last season he was captain a few times, the captain is Valencia, he is not here and Paul is one of the options. Third season at the club, made in the academy, understands the culture of the club and a good example today of putting himself forward and trying to help the team.”