Harry Maguire scored late on as Manchester United defeated Leicester in the FA Cup fourth round on Friday night.
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00:00Manchester United came from behind to defeat Leicester City
00:04and keep their hopes of retaining FA Cup alive here at Old Trafford on Friday night.
00:09Harry Maguire headed in with one of the last touches of the game
00:12to salvage what was a poor performance of Manchester United.
00:15Another game in which lots of questions were asked of Ruben Amrand's side
00:19and just how much of a change he has made since he took over for the club.
00:24United made two changes from a team that lost here to Crystal Palace at the weekend.
00:28Sandro Martinez could be out for the remainder of the season.
00:31Patrick Dorgu came in for his debut.
00:34He was quite impressive, although he decided to be a left wing back
00:37and played on the right for the 4-5 minutes we saw of him tonight.
00:41He linked up well with Ahmad Diallo, had some good driving runs
00:44and some nice bright bits of play on the ball,
00:47but we'll see a lot more from Patrick Dorgu in the weeks ahead
00:50and we should hopefully see him in his preferred position as well.
00:54Ahmad and Dorgu were the two highlights for United in that first half.
00:57It was a really low-quality match, but Leicester, like so many teams this season,
01:01took the lead at Old Trafford.
01:03They ran on the left, the ball was cut back, Ndidi's shot nearly crossed the line
01:07and then Bobby de Corvairid was there on hand to head in and give Leicester
01:12the shocked lead at half-time, a lead that couldn't really be complained about
01:15given how poor and passive Manchester United were.
01:18They hadn't managed a shot on target in that first quarter-back minute.
01:22At half-time, Dorgu came off, Garnaccio came on.
01:25He proved to be the catalyst for United's comeback.
01:27The best player in a red shirt other than Joshua Xherxey also came on
01:31and made an impact, but really not quite as much of an impact as Garnaccio.
01:35Garnaccio couldn't draw on United level.
01:37He ran through on goal, took the ball past the goalkeeper
01:40and it was clearly incredibly off the line.
01:42United, though they were huffing and puffing, they were making chances,
01:45they were threatening Leicester whenever they got down that left wing.
01:48Garnaccio again, cut there, pulled the ball across for Hoyland.
01:51His shot was blocked and Joshua Xherxey in the right place at the right time
01:54to fire United level.
01:56It was a simple goal, but it's credit to Xherxey for making it look so simple.
02:00Those are the type of goals that just haven't scored this season.
02:02They haven't had a player in between the sticks, just ready to gobble up those opportunities.
02:07Xherxey worked really hard today.
02:09He deserves a lot of credit for the way that he imposed himself on the game
02:12and that he just harassed the Leicester defence as much as he could.
02:16United were pushing for a winner.
02:18It didn't look like it was going to come.
02:20It looked like we were destined for extra time and possibly penalties,
02:23just as we saw in the third round when United defeated Arsenal.
02:27But then, with the last meaningful moment of the game,
02:30a free kick from Bruno Fernandes was whipped in towards the back post
02:33and Harry Maguire headed in at the Stretford end to rescue the game from Man Utd,
02:38to put them into the next round of the competition
02:40and to, I should say, salvage what was another really poor and disappointing
02:43overall team performance from Manchester United.
02:46In cup competitions, it's not really about performances.
02:49It's all about the results.
02:50We saw that last season when United went and won the trophy at Wembley.
02:53They redeemed themselves in that performance under the arch against Man City.
02:57As long as they're in the cup competition,
02:59Cameron will see it as an attainable piece of silverware.
03:02United knocked out Arsenal.
03:03They've now knocked out Leicester City as well.
03:05United are into the fifth round of the FA Cup.
03:07They'll have to play a lot better if they're to win the trophy once again this season.
03:11But they're still in it and they can still dream of doing so.