United continue perfect start with dominant Leicester win

Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini came off the bench to score late on for Manchester United in a hard-fought 2-0 win over Leicester City.

After two 4-0 wins on the spin, Jose Mourinho’s side were left frustrated in the first half after Juan Mata had a goal ruled out for a marginal off-side while Paul Pogba went close on two occasions.

And their afternoon worsened when Romelu Lukaku had a penalty brilliantly saved after Anthony Martial, who started ahead of Rashford, had won the spot-kick.

The England striker made his mark within three minutes of coming on with a close range finish before fellow substitute Fellaini sealed victory by putting the ball in with his knee.

It was a tad harsh on the Foxes, who were reduced to mainly half chances but defended well, but United maintain their 100 per cent start to their Premier League campaign.

Does Mourinho start with Martial, Rashford or Zlatan Ibrahimovic long-term? The Frenchman was impressive off the bench against West Ham and Swansea but was below-par against the Foxes, offering little. Rashford was the perfect super sub, netting within three minutes of coming on and turning the game. When Zlatan returns from injury, he may be the preferred support striker if the younger duo do not take their chances.

Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City): He kept the Red Devils at bay in the first half with fine saves to deny Mata and Pogba. And he pulled off a penalty save that his dad Peter would have been proud of to keep out Lukaku. His defenders let him down for United's two goals.

MANCHESTER UNITED: De Gea 6, Bailly 6, Jones 5, Valencia 6, Blind 5, Matic 6, Pogba 8, Mata 7, Mkhitaryan 6, Martial 5, Lukaku 5. Subs: Rashford 8, Lingard 7, Fellaini 7

LEICESTER CITY: Schmeichel 8, Simpson 5, Morgan 7, Maguire 5, Fuchs 6, Mahrez 6, Ndidi 5, James 6, Albrighton 5, Okazaki 6, Vardy 6. Subs: Gray 6, King 5, Slimani n/a

18’ - DISALLOWED GOAL! Mata puts the ball into the net after Lukaku's shot from close range is saved but it is off-side.

20’ - TOP SAVE! Schmeichel to the rescue again, keeping out Mata's effort after good work from the Spaniard.

34’ – SO CLOSE! Pogba just misses the post from around 35 yards out with a low effort - he's getting closer.

53 ' - LUKAKU MISSES A PENALTY! Simpson is penalised after Martial’s cross hits his hand. But Lukaku’s spot-kick is well saved by Schmeichel, who went early and it was a nice height for him to push it away.

70’ - GOAL FOR UNITED! From the corner, Bailly misses the ball and Rashford puts it in on the volley from close range.

82’ - GOAL FOR UNITED! Fellaini puts the ball in his knee from close range after Lingard's shot. The Belgian looked off-side as he connected with that effort.

90’+3’ - GREAT SAVE! De Gea keeps out King's effort with a point-blank stop after Gray's brilliant cross.

Leicester last beat United at Old Trafford in 1998 with Tony Cottee scoring the winner.

Lukaku missed the chance to become the first United player to score in his first three games.