LONDON - Leicester City came from 3-1 down to beat Manchester United 5-3 in a thrilling Premier League clash yesterday.
It seemed big-spenders United were on course for their first competitive away victory under new manager Louis van Gaal after goals by Robin van Persie, Angel di Maria and Ander Herrera left them 3-1 up with just over 30 minutes remaining at the King Power Stadium.
But a controversial penalty, converted by David Nugent, reduced the Foxes' deficit to 3-2 after they had got on the scoresheet through Leonardo Ulloa.
From then on it was one-way traffic, with Jamie Vardy, given time and space, making it 4-3 in the 79th minute.
Four minutes later, Ulloa made the game safe for newly-promoted Leicester when, after United's Tyler Blackett had been sent off for bringing down Vardy in the box, the striker scored his second goal and Leicester's fifth from the penalty spot.
United went into the match buoyed by last week's 4-0 thrashing of QPR, another newly-promoted side, at Old Trafford. The result yesterday suggests that United will struggle this season.
Elsewhere, West Bromwich Albion climbed off the bottom of the table with a 1-0 win away to Tottenham Hotspur.
The goal was secured by Scotland international James Morrison in the 74th-minute at White Hart Lane.
United no match for Leicester
LONDON - Leicester City came from 3-1 down to beat Manchester United 5-3 in a thrilling Premier League clash yesterday.
It seemed big-spenders United were on course for their first competitive away victory under new manager Louis van Gaal after goals by Robin van Persie, Angel di Maria and Ander Herrera left them 3-1 up with just over 30 minutes remaining at the King Power Stadium.
But a controversial penalty, converted by David Nugent, reduced the Foxes' deficit to 3-2 after they had got on the scoresheet through Leonardo Ulloa.
From then on it was one-way traffic, with Jamie Vardy, given time and space, making it 4-3 in the 79th minute.
Four minutes later, Ulloa made the game safe for newly-promoted Leicester when, after United's Tyler Blackett had been sent off for bringing down Vardy in the box, the striker scored his second goal and Leicester's fifth from the penalty spot.
United went into the match buoyed by last week's 4-0 thrashing of QPR, another newly-promoted side, at Old Trafford. The result yesterday suggests that United will struggle this season.
Elsewhere, West Bromwich Albion climbed off the bottom of the table with a 1-0 win away to Tottenham Hotspur.
The goal was secured by Scotland international James Morrison in the 74th-minute at White Hart Lane.
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