Manchester City fell to their second consecutive Premier League defeat, and third in four, after a 2-1 defeat at Leicester City to fall to third place in the Premier League – seven points behind Liverpool.
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Manchester City into the Carabao Cup semi-finals after penalty shoot-out win over Leicester City
Kevin De Bruyne’s glorious first half strike was cancelled out by Marc Albrighton’s second half equaliser as Leicester City kept up with the Manchester City to take their Carabao Cup tie to penalties.
Jose Mourinho praises ‘fantastic spirit’ after Manchester United’s opening-day win against Leicester City
MAN UNITED 2, LEICESTER CITY 1
Manchester United’s performance may have been far from convincing, but victory against Leicester City at Old Trafford was all-important for Jose Mourinho who praised his players.
Four-goal Sergio Aguero in one man wrecking mission for Manchester City against Leicester City
MAN CITY 5, LEICESTER CITY 1
It was hard to find suitable superlatives to describe Sergio Aguero’s one-man demolition of Leicester City.
The Manchester City scored four of the goals as he continues to set records.
Aguero, who has 28 goals for the season, became only the fourth player to score 20 times in the Premier League in four successive seasons matching Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry and Harry Kane.
His total of 21 Premier League goals also drew level with Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah with only Harry Kane ahead of them this season with 23.
Ten-man Leicester City deal another blow to Manchester United’s title hopes with injury time equaliser
LEICESTER CITY 2, MANCHESTER UNITED 2
Manchester United conceded another injury time goal which cost them dearly in the space of days when Harry Maguire scored a 93rd minute equaliser at the King Power Stadium for ten-man Leicester City.
Daniel Amarty had lasted just 16 minutes after coming on as a second half sub for the Foxes before being sent off for a second booking leaving a mountain to climb for the home side.
The Reds wasted chance after chance to put the Foxes away and thought that a Juan Mata double had snatched the points after Jamie Vardy had opened the scoring early on for Claude Puel’s side.
The draw left Manchester City, who won 4-0 earlier at the Etihad against Bournemouth, an unprecedented 13 points ahead by Christmas with only 19 games to go until the end of the season – a record in top flight history.