For all of the talk about the ways in which Erik ten Hag may or may not revolutionise Manchester United, for now it seems his team are quite happy grinding out results, as they recorded their third straight Premier League victory for the first time since before last Christmas.
It was largely as gutsy as it was a pretty performance but Jadon Sancho’s superbly taken first-half strike was enough to secure United successive away wins for the first time since last September.
For Leicester, who remain bottom, it was another dispiriting result and they were roundly booed off at full time. Even still they could have grabbed a point had James Justin shot on target after latching on to Patson Daka’s clever pass into stoppage time.
For Ten Hag, who spent much of the game surveying the scene hands in pockets on the edge of his technical area, the buzz word after victories over Liverpool and Southampton was standards, with the Dutchman stressing the importance of maintaining them.