Man Utd nail Leicester in last game before Amorim reign

November 10

Over to you, Ruben Amorim.

Manchester United’s incoming head coach will take over a team on the up after they beat Leicester 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday to make it four games unbeaten in all competitions under interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Amorim officially starts on Monday after serving out his notice period at Sporting Lisbon and comes into a club that seems to be in a much healthier position than it was when Erik ten Hag was fired at the end of last month.

Much of that is down to van Nistelrooy, ten Hag’s former assistant and an iconic striker for the club in his playing days.

The Dutchman has secured three wins and a draw during his four-game temporary reign, with Sunday’s victory provisionally moving United to within four points of the Champions League qualifying places.

On his 250th appearance for the club Bruno Fernandes scored with a brilliant curling shot from the edge of the area in the 17th minute at Old Trafford.

His effort in the 38th then saw Victor Kristiansen divert the ball past Leicester goalkeeper Mads Hermansen to double United’s lead before the break.

Substitute Alejandro Garnacho scored an even more spectacular goal than Fernandes’ effort in the 82nd when sweeping the ball into the top corner from outside the box.

Also on Sunday, Ange Postecoglou suffered another setback in Spurs’ roller-coaster of a season, as they went down 2-1 at home to Ipswich, who celebrated their first Premier League victory in 22 years.

First-half goals from Sammie Szmodics and Liam Delap fired Ipswich to their landmark win.

The promoted Tractor Boys had been denied a maiden league success this season by a stoppage-time leveller against Leicester last weekend, but finally got off the mark at the 11th attempt.

Szmodics’ acrobatic effort put Ipswich ahead in the 31st minute and Delap made it 2-0 in the 43rd to set Kieran McKenna’s side halfway towards a long-awaited result.

Rodrigo Bentancur reduced the deficit for Spurs with 69 minutes played, but they could not muster a grand finale and missed out on the chance to rise to third in the table after having won their previous six home matches.

Third-place Nottingham Forest are four points ahead of Manchester United despite their 3-1 home loss against Newcastle.

Forest led 1-0 at halftime through Murillo, but Alexander Isak, Joelinton and Harvey Barnes completed Newcastle’s comeback.

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