{"id":1461,"date":"2025-02-08T14:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T14:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2025-05-02T20:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T20:12:11","slug":"manchester-united-vs-leicester-city-match-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/manchester-united-vs-leicester-city-match-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United vs Leicester City: Match Highlights and Controversial Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"man-united-vs-leicester-city-score-highlights-and-key-moments\"><strong>Man United vs Leicester City: Score, Highlights, and Key Moments<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Manchester United secured a dramatic 2-1 victory over Leicester City in the FA Cup fourth round at Old Trafford on February 7, 2025. The match was marked by a controversial stoppage-time header from Harry Maguire, which appeared to be offside. However, with VAR not in use until the fifth round, the goal stood, allowing United to advance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Leicester City took the lead in the 42nd minute through Bobby De Cordova-Reid. Manchester United equalized in the 68th minute with a goal from Joshua Zirkzee. The decisive moment came in stoppage time when Maguire headed in the controversial winner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The absence of VAR in this round of the FA Cup led to debates about the validity of the winning goal. According to Skysports, Leicester manager <strong>Ruud van Nistelrooy<\/strong> expressed his frustration after the match, telling <strong>ITV<\/strong>: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/manchester-united-vs-leicester-city\/report\/526164?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We are not defeated in Fergie time, we are defeated in offside time<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim acknowledged the team&#8217;s underwhelming performance, noting the lack of energy in the first half and emphasizing the need for improvement despite the positive result. citeturn0news10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This victory propels Manchester United into the FA Cup fifth round, keeping their hopes for silverware this season alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Check Out:  <a href=\"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/ethan-nwaneri-reflects-on-dream-champions-league-debut-goal-player-of-the-match-and-a-milestone-moment\/\">Ethan Nwaneri Reflects on Dream Champions League Debut: Goal, Player of the Match, and a Milestone Moment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Click below to Watch on X.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LEICESTER TAKE THE LEAD OVER MAN UNITED AT OLD TRAFFORD!<br><br>THE BALL DEFLECTS OFF ONANA AND DE CORDOVA-REID HEADS IT HOME \ud83d\ude2e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BCbJ8kUelT\">pic.twitter.com\/BCbJ8kUelT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNFC\/status\/1887966597958058006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sources: Skysports, Espn FC  on X <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man United vs Leicester City: Score, Highlights, and Key Moments Manchester United secured a dramatic 2-1 victory over Leicester City in the FA Cup fourth round at Old Trafford on February 7, 2025. The match was marked by a controversial stoppage-time header from Harry Maguire, which appeared to be offside. However, with VAR not in [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,11],"class_list":["post-1461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breaking","tag-hot"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1461"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1700,"href":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions\/1700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gelavibe.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}