Manchester United 2-0 Leicester City RESULT: Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini come off the bench to score after Romelu Lukaku saw his penalty saved by Kasper Schmeichel
- Romelu Lukaku missed a second-half penalty after a Danny Simpson handball
- Marcus Rashford gave United the lead with 20 minutes of the match remaining
- Marouane Fellaini prodded in from an offside position to double the lead
Manchester United continued their fine start to the season with a 2-0 victory over Leicester.
Second-half goals from substitutes Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini settled the tie, taking United back to the top of the Premier League table.
Relive all the action with Sportsmail's blow-by-blow updates.
Our man JOE BERNSTEIN was at Old Trafford today and his report from another comfortable United victory will be heading to the site very soon indeed.
Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini come off the bench to settle this one.
90 mins: De Gea has to make a late, late save from point blank range - from King - to protect his clean sheet.
We'll play four minutes of injury time.
88 mins: Rashford does James for pace and the Leicester man takes him down, earning himself a yellow card.
87 mins: United are coasting towards the final whistle now, safe in the knowledge that three points are in the bag.
A substitute got the first, a substitute gas got the second. Lingard shoots across goal and Fellaini - in an offside position - stabs home from very close range.
76 mins: Slimani comes on for Vardy.
76 mins: Lingard replaces Martial.
74 mins: Lukaku, desperate to make amends after his penalty miss, switches onto his left foot as the Leicester defence backtracks but the Belgian skies his shot.
74 mins: Fellaini replaces Mkhitaryan.
72 mins: Pogba finds Lukaku in space on the left and he takes aim at goal, but his deflected shot jumps up into Schmeichel's arms.
Finally United have the breakthrough. A flighted ball in from thew right by Mkhitaryan picks out Rashford, who is totally unmarked, and the England international volleys home.
67 mins: Rashford replaces Mata.
67 mins: Mahrez is starting to come into his own, teasing Blind down the Leicester right. Again he creates space for a shot out of nothing but his effort fizzes across goal and out for a goal-kick.
64 mins: Leicester have a huge chance on the counter-attack but Gray fails to play the early ball to an unmarked Mahrez. What a waste.
60 mins: Okazaki and Albrighton are replaced by Gray and King.
57 mins: Out of nowhere, Leicester have a sight of goal after Mahrez makes space for himself inside the box but, from a narrow angle, he can't get the ball past De Gea.
54 mins: Mkhitaryan dives in on Mahrez in midfield, doesn't get the ball... does get a yellow card.
53 mins: Schmeichel makes a terrific save from a powerful Lukaku penalty, diving low to his right.
51 mins: Handball from Simpson and Oliver points to the spot. Lukaku to take.
50 mins: United pick up where they left off... lodged in the Leicester half. But Shakespeare has set his team up to deal with wave after wave of attack and the game is still being played in front of the Foxes' backline.
Right then, ladies and gents, we're just about ready to go again at Old Trafford. Can United break down the blue wall?
Let's find out.
For some reason, this is still goalless. You'd need Stephen Hawking to explain why.
44 mins: Leicester - head coach General Custer - are sitting deeper and deeper and deeper. But they're remaining resolute. Getting to half-time level would be some achievement in the circumstances.
41 mins: Blind chips in a cross from the left and Lukaku rises highest, only to head wide. How United aren't in front I do not know.
37 mins: Pogba's latest attempt from more than 20 yards out - a free-kick - strikes the wall and loops into Schmeichel's arms. Maybe time to give someone else a go, Paul?
36 mins: And again. Pogba's fourth go at goal from range and the ball skids a couple of yards past Schmeichel's right-hand post.
35 mins: Matic finds Mata, who finds Pogba. It's a tight angle for the Frenchman and Schmeichel punches his shot away.
30 mins: Mkhitaryan feeds Martial on the edge of the box but the Frenchman's shot is straight at Schmeichel. Neat interplay but Leicester are still keeping United at arm's length.
There, that'll curse it.
29 mins: Pogba continues to have a pop from 20 yards out and beyond but his radar is playing silly buggers. Nothing to worry about for Schmeichel. Goal-kick.
24 mins: Pogba tries the spectacular from range and my it nearly comes off. Schmeichel is reaching for air to his left and he'll be relieved the ball flew past his post and into the stands.
23 mins: A first save for De Gea, who gets down fairly easily to smother Okazaki's crisp hit from the edge of the box.
20 mins: Schmeichel comes to Leicester's rescue, leaping high to his left to palm the ball away for a corner from Mata's shot. It's coming, United fans. It's coming.
20 mins: So close for United, as Pogba slides in at the back post to volley narrowly wide after a left-wing cross.
17 mins: Mata has the ball in the back of the net on the follow-up after Lukaku's initial shot is saved but it's been ruled out for offside.
Replays suggest the Spaniard might have been on. He's not happy.
15 mins: Leicester have packed midfield, crowding United out midway inside their own half. When they disrupt the hosts enough, they get the chance to break but Vardy spurns the chance by running into Bailly.
12 mins: United pass the ball around quite nicely around 20 yards from goal without really finding an obvious gap in the Leicester defence and, in the end, Mkhitaryan's shot deflects off Maguire and loops up into the arms of Schmeichel.
10 mins: Riyad Mahrez draws a foul from Eric Bailly 40 yards from goal and the Algerian loops the ball into the box but the Leicester attackers are offside.
Seven mins: Leicester seem to have settled on the long throw as their best chance of causing chaos in the United box, with Harry Maguire trotting up to make a nuisance of himself on a couple of occasions in the opening six or seven minutes.
Nothing has come of it so far, though.
Four mins: An early shot at goal for Leicester, as Matty James targets the bottom corner from 25 yards but he can't make David de Gea work.
Two mins: Ninety seconds of concerted pressure from the off from Manchester United, only punctuated by the standard 'protect the keeper' free-kick awarded by Michael Oliver for not really very much at all.
We are under way at Old Trafford.
Anyway, let's get that picture out of our heads as quickly as possible. The teams are in the tunnel. It's almost time for the action.
I mean... why? What the...?
Man Utd: De Gea, Valencia, Bailly, Jones, Blind, Pogba, Matic, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Martial, Lukaku.
Subs: Smalling, Lingard, Rashford, Romero, Ander Herrera, Fellaini, Darmian.
Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Maguire, Fuchs, Mahrez, Ndidi, James, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy.
Subs: Chilwell, Gray, Iheanacho, King, Hamer, Amartey, Slimani.
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare isn't too daunted by the task at hand at Old Trafford today.
'We have to look at it as an exciting challenge. We have to respect the opposition and we know what stage we're at,' he said.
'But we have to understand our strengths. We have to remember what we're good at as well.'
Thanks to Alex for steering the ship this far. You've got me for the rest of the evening.
Lucky you.
So it is just the one change for Manchester United with Anthony Martial replacing Marcus Rashford in the starting line-up.
The England international has been impressive in the first two games this season, but Martial has also done well from the bench.
Most likely, Jose Mourinho will be keen to keep Rashford's young legs fresh.
The teams won't be out for another 20 minutes or so, but these pictures from the away dressing room lend us a few clues.
The kits have all been laid out ready for the players.
Riyad Mahrez and Shinji Okazaki appear to be set to start while Kasper Schmeichel and Harry Maguire are also included.
No surprises there then.
The summer is rolling back into town in Manchester with the Old Trafford crowd set to enjoy some serious sunshine as well as Premier League action.
Here are some of the best pictures of the flawlessly green pitch ahead of the action.
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