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Man United boss Erik ten Hag makes 'rubbish' claim as James Maddison shares Leicester verdict

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Here are your Manchester United morning headlines on Monday, February 20. Erik ten Hag labelled Manchester United's first-half performance against Leicester as "rubbish".

United were fortunate to lead 1-0 at half-time through Marcus Rashford's clinical 25th-minute strike after Harvey Barnes and Kelechi Iheanacho were brilliantly denied by David de Gea with the game goalless.

Rashford was played onside by Leicester centre-back Harry Souttar from Bruno Fernandes's perceptive pass and Ten Hag claimed only those two pieces of play were exempt from criticism. ALSO READ: What Erik ten Hag told Manchester United fans at full-time "I was really unhappy by our performance," Ten Hag said of the first half. " We have to follow the rules and principles from our way of playing.

When you don’t, it becomes a mess and when you face a good opponent like Leicester, you concede chances. "And it was only down to David de Gea that we don't concede a goal.

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