By Kehinde Okeowo
Man United lost away to Leicester City in one of the five Premier League games played simultaneously this afternoon.
The red half of Manchester were quickest out of the block in a fairly even half, and they made Leicester pay when Mason Greenwood scored a thunderous strike in the 19th minute from a pass from Portuguese Bruno Fernandes.
Leicester returned the favor on the 31st minute after Man United captain, Harry Maguire, was robbed of the ball by Nigeria striker, Kelechi Iheanacho who provided an assist for Yuri Tielemans, who lobbed the ball sumptuously over David De Gea in goal to make it 1-1.
Neither of the teams was able to add to their tally, as the referee, Graig Pawson, signaled the end of the first half.
Leicester upped the game in the second half, and after several saves from De Gea, Caglar Soyuncu scored after an assist from substitute Ayoze Perez.
Man United equalized 4 minutes later, through another substitute, Marcus Rashford, after a defense-splitting pass from Victor Lindelof from his half of the field.
The visitor barely had time to celebrate their goal, before Leicester regained the lead with a superb goal from Jamie Vardy after another assist from Ayoze Pere who was proving to be a good substitution.
Iheanacho was substituted for Patson Daka, who came from the bench to score a fourth goal in the 91st minute to make it 4-2 in favor of Leicester and put the game beyond United’s reach.
Meanwhile, United neighbor, Man City, defeated a resolute Burnley Side 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium with goals coming from Bernado Silva and Kelvin De Bruyne in the 12th and 70th minutes respectively.
City is now second behind Liverpool on 17 points, while United drops to the fifth position with 14 points; Chelsea who plays against high-flying Brentford later could go top if they win.