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

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.

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"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. So we were really lucky at half-time that we were 1-0 up. Of course, a great pass by Bruno, a great finish by Rashy. But for the rest was rubbish."

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Leicester City midfielder James Maddison spoke openly after the Foxes' defeat to Manchester United on Sunday, suggesting that the away side 'needed to score' when they were on top in the game.

Erik ten Hag's side secured a comfortable 3-0 victory over Brendan Rodgers' men at Old Trafford, with Marcus Rashford (2) and Jadon Sancho both on the scoresheet for the home side. The Reds were lucky to be level at the half-time break, but United came out of the blocks firing in the second period and were worthy winners in the end.

It proved to be costly for the away side, with United scoring twice after the break