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Think that is about right, sadly.

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Rashford speaks: “We had to improve and did that today. Very difficult today and to get the win is very good. Time and time again [Pogba] provides opportunities for the team. Getting the goal sets it in stone and we have to keep improving. We’re just concentrating on ourselves, trying to keep winning matches and we’ll see how it pans out.”

Kari Tulinius writes: “This was an odd match. United looked tired the whole time, but still managed to control the game. I suppose it’s matches like this, when a tactical plan works perfectly even if the players aren’t at the races, that Solskjær makes his case for the full time job.”

Leicester probably deserved a draw on the balance of that, even if they didn’t carve United open too often over the 90 minutes. Evans and Vardy had decent openings towards the end and De Gea saved brilliantly from that Ghezzal free-kick. Not sure where this leaves Puel, who seems to be in one week and out the next.

90+4 min: Martial is booked for timewasting. We’ve seen an awfully large number of cards in a not especially dirty game. Leicester then create surely their last half-chance, Maguire twisting to volley at the far post but unable to recreate his Anfield heroics, screwing a difficult opportunity across goal and wide.

90+2 min: Maguire has stayed up front now and Leicester are pumping balls into the box – to little effect so far.

90 min: Jones comes on for Lingard as Leicester prepare to take a corner. United will now just look to see this out. Ghezzal crosses but Iheanacho, trying to flick on, actually succeeds in clearing the ball for United, who then counter rapidly and see Martial force another block from Schmeichel. It’s end-to-end stuff now! We have four added minutes.

88 min: Now some attacking clout from United, Lukaku driving in from the right and forcing a solid parry from Schmeichel. That would, needless to say, have wrapped things up. Then Leicester come forward and ... is that the chance for Vardy? Barnes tears past Bailly and centres, looking for the striker to steer home – but he puts it straight at De Gea! He’s scored those before.

86 min: Matic makes a poor challenge on Barnes and, like Mendy earlier, should probably get a second yellow for that. Dean appears to miss it.

84 min: I wonder if Solskjaer would have liked a bit more attacking threat from United, across the piece. They certainly haven’t created much at all since the goal. Leicester look for more thrust now, Iheanacho on for Mendy. He passes a helpful bit of paper on to Vardy.

82 min: Ghezzal is the next of our many bookings, stopping Martial carrying the ball upfield.

81 min: Looking again, that really was a first-rate save from De Gea – quite possibly a matchwinning one. Now Shaw makes another foul and this time is booked. It’s a free-kick out on the right ... swung in by Ghezzal, headed back across by Maguire, and Evans gets a free volley at goal – but air kicks! United are living just a touch dangerously at this point.

78 min: Leicester make nothing of the corner. United then replace Rashford with Lukaku.

77 min: Shaw concedes a soft foul on Ghezzal and, not for the first time, Leicester have an inviting free-kick around the penalty area. Maddison is off the pitch and it’s better for a left-footer anyway. Ghezzal steps up ... and it’s Leicester’s best shot of the match, arcing towards the top corner at speed before De Gea superbly tips it behind!

74 min: Okazaki comes on for Leicester, replacing the intermittently lively Gray. They need something different. Leicester have not been bad here, and have had some promising spells of pressure, but haven’t exactly bashed the door down.

73 min: Mendy gets lucky again with an unnoticed tug on Herrera, not at all dissimilar to his earlier pull of Pogba’s shirt. He shouldn’t really be with us any longer.

70 min: Martial earns United a relatively rare, for them, corner. It’s worked short and Herrera eventually chips into the box, but nothing really results.

69 min: Barnes curls well wide after a lengthy spell of Leicester possession and pressure. They just haven’t turned their best work into real chances yet.

67 min: Now Sanchez takes his leave, after 67 minutes of not a lot, and Martial replaces him. That may help United exploit space in this last quarter.

65 min: It’s been an almost-good game so far. Lots of little flickers but no consistent excitement since that early goal.

63 min: Leicester apply some more pressure, but Ndidi puts that to an end with a wild slash wide from 25+ yards.

62 min: Maddison goes off, and on comes Ghezzal. It’s fair to say the home faithful don’t like that a lot; it’s fair, too, to suggest Maddison doesn’t seem to either.

61 min: Now this could be a chance for Leicester. Matic checks Vardy 25 yards out, and it’s a centrally-situated free-kick. Good position, and Maddison steps up ... it pings up off the wall and Vardy, reacting quickest, snaps an acrobatic volley towards goal. De Gea manages to save it at the second attempt, just grabbing it before it can spin over the line!

59 min: A slick United move involving Sanchez and Shaw ends with Rashford drilling wide. Off the ball, Mendy drags Pogba down as he looks to dart into the box. It’s not spotted by the officials but Mendy, already booked, would surely be off if it was.

57 min: United seem, for now, to have got to grips with Leicester’s earlier fire and brimstone. They are controlling the ball for the moment and there isn’t a whole lot going on.

54 min: Pogba is hurt after a hefty Evans challenge. He’s clasping his lower right leg and waving his arms about. Up he gets, eventually, hobbling a tad.

52 min: You’d fancy United will get space on the counter in this half. I do wonder how much longer Sanchez will last; he’s done very little out there today.

50 min: Barnes, lively since the break, stands a brilliant delivery up from that left byline and Lindelof has to defend well. It leads to Leicester’s latest corner, which comes to nought.

47 min: And then, on the other side, Maddison makes ground into the box and drills into the side netting. Really quick start from Puel’s team!

46 min: They certainly start well, Barnes flashing a cross-shot past goal from a very tight angle on the left.

“I noticed a lot of birds on the pitch today, presumably pigeons pecking around for reseeded grass, or maybe looking for the leftover Walkers crisps of the groundsman’s lunch break?” observes Justin Kavanagh. “Strange they’d risk it given there are 23 men running around the field (11 of them foxes, supposedly, although Mendy has been playing like a scarecrow so far).”

Fair point, particularly on a weekend that has shown us no football pitch is safe from prowling cats.

Woolie Madden writes in:

“In a city with a large South Asian population, it’s heartening to see Hamza Choudhury is part of Leicester’s matchday squad. Considering how popular football is with young British Asians, clubs should be doing so much more both in terms of welcoming more Asian fans as spectators are their ground and also developing players into professionals. The other issue is a general lack of role models, as there are just so few British Asian players in general. Hopefully Choudhury makes a success of it at Leicester so that can change, at least.”

Hear, hear.

45+1 min: As we enter three minutes of added time, Leicester lose the ball in their own half and Rashford tries to punish them for a second time, slashing in a shot that Schmeichel saves low to his right.

45 min: Now Mendy is booked for a slightly naughty one on Herrera. It’s got a bit scrappy, this.

43 min: Maddison’s delivery from that free-kick is poor, but so is the defending and Barnes is allowed to size up a first-time effort from more than 25 yards. It’s no danger to anyone, though.

42 min: Ricardo tears barnstormingly into the United half and Matic takes a yellow, throwing an arm across him. Leicester definitely don’t look out of this.

40 min: Young makes a threatening burst towards the box but overcooks his final pass for Lingard in a great position.

38 min: And another left-sided corner for Leicester ... it swings in and this time the challenge is won by Evans ahead of Bailly. He heads wide and, having made contact, might have done better.

37 min: United seem fairly content to allow Leicester possession now, if anything. Probably the best ploy: Leicester have struggled under Puel when offered a lot of the ball. They do get a corner though, from which Maguire wins a header but is penalised for a foul on Matic.

34 min: Leicester press well and hound United out of possession in their own half. It’s been sporadic from them though, pressing like that. I can’t totally work out how they are approaching this.

32 min: Late challenge – very much a “striker’s challenge” – from Vardy out on the left touchline near halfway, scything Lindelof down. It’s a clear booking, one he takes with little argument.

31 min: United put together their first move for a little while, Pogba dictating it, and it ends with a deflected Lingard shot looping through to Schmeichel.

28 min: Then Gray cuts in from the left and fires one towards goal. De Gea dives but Bailly gets there first, and bravely, taking quite a whack to the head in repelling the ball. He will continue but still looks dazed, and this is the kind of situation that needs taking care with.

26 min: Maddison gets a shot away 25 yards out but it’s straight at De Gea. Leicester win possession back from the goal kick and Ricardo aims a cross just over Vardy’s head. Bailly defends it just in case. Better from the home side.

25 min: A lull, at present. United aren’t quite fizzing around Leicester as they were earlier on. But they do still have the lead.

22 min: Maguire tries to get Leicester going with an uncharacteristic burst down the left, cut off by Lingard. Leicester are showing a few signs of life, their full-backs both firing crosses into the box in the moments after.

20 min: Lingard is deservedly shown a yellow card by Mike Dean for ankle-tapping Maddison as he attempts to counter.

19 min: Abhijato Sensarma writes – “If this United side pulls off the miracle of having a top four finish, do you think it will be logical to proceed with Solskjaer for the next season at the very least? I mean he’s not a superstar, but he’s brought back the attacking flair in the team, and may be the man in the shadows whom Manchester United has searched for ever since Sir Alex’s retirement.”

I think it would be logical. If it’s working, why rip it up?

17 min: Rashford needs a bit of treatment but looks OK. Which is good for United as he has been a real livewire so far and took that goal superbly, forgetting about his earlier miss.

15 min: Maddison has a sight of goal after a fortunate ricochet, but Shaw is back superbly to send his shot spinning behind for a corner. Excellent defending. Vardy wins the header at the near post as the set piece comes in, but it’s high and wide.

12 min: United come again and Maguire blocks Lingard’s attempt to crown a tricky run with a shot on goal. They look full of confidence.

7 min: Maguire gives away a silly free-kick in a good right-sided position, needlessly clattering into Rashford, who was going nowhere. Chilwell heads clear but United keep the pressure on and Lindelof, driving the ball back across, wins a corner. That’s drilled in low and Schmeichel has to save sharply at his near post from Rashford. It’s a brisk start from United.

4 min: Big chance for Rashford! Shaw sizes up an absolutely delicious cross to the far post and Rashford, running off Maguire and completely alone, somehow directs his header over. That should be 1-0 to United, no question.

3 min: Bailly, recalled to the side today, hoiks an *awful* attempt at a backpass out of play for a corner. Ndidi heads the delivery well wide; De Gea was stranded so, had it been on target, there’d have been big trouble.

1 min: Sanchez, playing on the left of the attack, has an early go at Ricardo but there’s nothing doing.

The teams are emerging at the King Power. We’ll kick off in a few minutes. On paper, these two XIs should give us a very decent game ...

That start for Alexis Sanchez is his first in the league under Solskjaer. It means Romelu Lukaku drops to the bench. Can Solskjaer recapture Sanchez’s old zip? My suspicion is nobody can: he is 30, has played at a ferocious tempo for years, often year-round too, and simply can’t keep it going at that pace anymore. It is no slight on him.

Harry Maguire is talking on Sky and is asked about United’s summer interest in him. He flat-bats it adroitly and answers a different question. Decent finish by him at Anfield, by the way, wasn’t it? Kyle Walker, for one, approved.

Fancy a rollicking pre-match read? Here is Daniel Taylor’s weekly column, this time about Leeds:

“Can United go fourth if they win today?” asks Matthew Bullock.

Afraid not, Matthew – they’d be two points shy of incumbents Chelsea but would leapfrog fifth-placed Arsenal, at least until their game with Man City later.

I’m a big fan of Harvey Barnes, and it was great to see him score at Wolves a couple of weeks ago. His form on loan at West Brom meant it was something of a no-brainer to bring him back for the rest of the season but it does go to show that expensive, chancy signings from elsewhere aren’t always as good an answer as developing your own.