Manchester United piled extra distress on their former striker Ruud van Nistelrooy as they cruised to a 3-0 Premier League win over relegation-threatened Leicester Metropolis.
United went into the sport driving on a excessive following their spectacular Europa League last-16 victory in opposition to Actual Sociedad.
And so they carried the momentum into Sunday’s conflict on the King Energy Stadium, with Ruben Amorim’s aspect making gentle work of a Leicester workforce that appears destined for the drop.
Ramsus Hojlund opened the scoring together with his first objective since December, and Alejandro Garnacho made positive of the factors as United pushed Van Nistelrooy’s males additional in the direction of a seemingly inevitable return to the Championship.
The as soon as once more instrumental Bruno Fernandes, United’s hat-trick hero in opposition to Sociedad, added gloss to the scoreline with a curling strike to make it 3-0, capping a efficiency that may give Amorim loads of confidence as his workforce look to finish the home season on a excessive and push for glory on the European stage.
Solely an harm to teenage defender Ayden Heaven, who needed to be faraway from the pitch on a stretcher six minutes into the second half, dampened the temper for a United aspect belatedly gathering steam.
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Leicester, to their credit score, began brightly and would have gone forward within the fifth minute had Andre Onana not produced a robust save to show a Jamie Vardy effort behind for a nook after the previous England striker had been performed in by a Wilfred Ndidi throughball.
However that was as shut because the Foxes got here as United dictated issues thereafter, Christian Eriksen placing the submit with a bending effort that had Mads Hermansen overwhelmed within the twenty fourth minute.
But there could be no reprieve for Hermansen when his fellow Dane Hojlund bore down on objective 4 minutes later.
Fernandes bent an excellent ball down the best sideline and Hojlund displayed the composure that has so typically belied him to lash throughout objective and into the bottom-left nook.
Ndidi fired over on the finish of a Leicester break six minutes earlier than the interval, and his profligacy proved pricey as United moved via the gears within the second half.
United appeared to have a second when Garnacho minimize onto to his left foot and fired into the far nook, just for the objective to be dominated out by VAR for offside.
However Garnacho wouldn’t be denied a second time within the 67th minute, Hermansen getting a hand to his fizzing low shot however unable to maintain it out after Fernandes had poked the ball via to the Argentine.
Fittingly it was Fernandes who would have the ultimate say late on, bending past a forlorn Hermansen on one other determined day for Leicester, who stay 9 factors adrift of security with as many video games remaining.
