2) New signings make their presence felt
If all eyes were on Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the game, just shortly before kickoff it was officially announced by United that Paul Pogba would have soon have a medical with them to complete his transfer from Juventus. You would be forgiven if you forgot that Mourinho had actually made another possibly crucial signing for his United team – centre-back Eric Bailly.
Bailly had a brilliant first half and displayed great speed and power to snuff out any Leicester attacks, but had a poor second half and was eventually penalised for a clumsy tackle on Vardy. Zlatan didn’t have the best game of his life, as he forced to drop deep to link up with his attacking partners, and was reduced to a few good flicks here and there. But when the moment came, he seized it and won the game for United with a well-placed header. Mkhitaryan was on for only a few minutes.
On the other side, record signing Ahmed Musa who scored two goals against Barcelona in the last game again had a hand to play in Vardy’s goal for Leicester (though it had an errant back-pass from Fellaini). Leicester will hope he makes a major contribution this season.
