Harry Maguire is the hero as Manchester United squeeze past Leicester in FA Cup

Harry Maguire completed his Manchester United redemption in the 93rd minute by nodding in Bruno Fernandes’s spiralling free-kick from the left to sweep the holders into the fifth round. Before then, Joshua Zirkzee’s 67th-minute equaliser appeared the lifeline United needed to keep a shaky FA Cup defence alive.

Having bested Leicester City 8-2 on aggregate in United’s two previous meetings with their visitor, Ruben Amorim’s side were what they are near-constantly under him: seriously disjointed. Introducing the jet-heeled Alejandro Garnacho at the break transformed United’s fortune as he was key to Zirkzee’s strike. But United had diced with being eliminated by Bobby De Cordova-Reid’s first-half goal against opponents with 12 fewer points and candidates for relegation.

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