RUBEN IS FOXING CLEVER

Ruud whipping boys suffer another beating as United get back in the goal routine

- DAVID MCDONNELL

HOW Manchester United must wish they could play Leicester every week.

United have faced the Foxes four times this season - twice in the Premier League, and in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup - and won every game.

Yet not every opponent is as obliging as Leicester, who were the perfect cannon fodder for United as they continued their quiet revival under Ruben Amorim. Rasmus Hojlund ended his 21-game goal drought, Alejandro Garnacho got his first in 25 matches and captain Bruno Fernandes — with his obligatory man-of-the-match display — sealed the win.

Hojlund had gone 22 hours and 19 minutes without a goal but showed supreme composure in producing a clinical first-half finish which set the tone for a comfortable United win.

The Denmark striker performed his throat-cutting Gladiator goal celebration, taken from the film, and vindicated manager Amorim’s enduring faith in him despite his barren run.