'Cannot happen' - national media make brutal Man United point after Leicester City win
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United squeezed past Leicester City 2-1 in the FA Cup fourth round on Friday evening. Ruben Amorim's team found themselves a goal down at half-time after Bobby De Cordova-Reid's finish put the Reds 1-0 down into the break.
But Joshua Zirkzee netted the equaliser with around 20 minutes left to play before Harry Maguire scored from what appeared to be an offside position to send United through.
Amorim's side will discover their fifth round opponents on Monday evening when the draw is made at 7:10pm UK time. Below is what some of the national media had to say about Friday's match and United's performance against the Foxes... Jamie Jackson of The Guardian wrote: "Harry Maguire: from up for sale two summers ago to redemption completed via a 93rd-minute nodded winner.
If the defender was clearly offside when meeting Bruno Fernandes’s spiralling free-kick from the left he certainly did not care as here was his own tale of FA Cup romance. "Before the rush of Maguire’s intervention, Joshua Zirkzee’s 67th-minute equaliser appeared the lifeline United needed to keep a shaky FA Cup defence alive. "Having bested Leicester 8-2 on aggregate in two previous meetings with their visitors, United were what they are constantly under Ruben Amorim: disjointed.
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