63 min United look like they have unconsciously settled for 0-0. Lindelof is booked for a needless lunge at Vardy.
62 min To the relief of all at PGMOL, the corner comes to nothing.
61 min Thomas’s angles a cross towards Tielemans, who mistimes a difficult volley onto his standing foot and behind. The referee gives a corner. We’ll hear plenty about that if it leads to a £50m goal…
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60 min: Vardy hits the bar! Tielemans curled a flat free-kick towards the near post, where Vardy twisted his neck to help the ball on towards the far post. It looped over everyone and dropped onto the angle of post and bar.
59 min Greenwood commits a needless foul on Perez, 20 yards from goal on the left wing. Tielemans will take the free-kick…
58 min Leicester’s first change: Ayoze Perez replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
58 min Greenwood slips a through pass to Martial, and Schmeichel hares from his line to claim the ball just in front of Martial. That was superb goalkeeping.
56 min United calm things down by keeping the ball for a minute or so.
It’s all a bit ponderous, mind.
55 min Both teams have had only one shot on target in the match.
53 min In other news, it is hooning it down at the King Power Stadium.
52 min Another good near-post clearance from Lindelof from an Albrighton cross. In terms of sustained possession, Leicester are having their best spell of the match.
52 min “You have a reader in Stockholm,” says Brian Cloughley. “I was surprised to find a bouncer at the sports bar this afternoon, and couldn’t understand why entry depended on what team I supported. Turns out it’s a Stockholm derby today (AIK v Djurgården) so there’s little chance of finding a TV showing the English football. I’ve had to settle for outrageously priced beers at a sunny waterside bar with the MBM for company. Keep up the good work!”
51 min The pace of the game has increased since half-time. There still isn’t much quality, though. Leicester miss James Maddison and United miss Bruno Fernandes, who looks mentally shattered.
49 min “I’m a fortysomething woman in Ireland, does that count,? says Lisa C. “No relation to Mel.”
48 min Albrighton plays a one-two with Iheanacho, surges into the area and slides a low cross towards Vardy. Lindelof, perfectly placed at the near post, puts it behind for a corner.
47 min Matic slices the Leicester defence open with a superb pass to Martial, who moves into the area and is denied by an exemplary last-ditch tackle from Justin. Great defending.
47 min “‘It’s all a bit ponderous from United’,” says Michael Meagher in Cádiz, quoting one of my first-half entries. “A survey of the post-Ferguson years. Now available in ebook format.”
46 min Peep peep! Leicester begin the second half.
Olivier Giroud put Chelsea 2-0 up against Wolves just before half-time. That means one of these teams will end the season in fifth place. This is the table as things stand.
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Half time: Leicester 0-0 Manchester United
45+3 min Chelsea have taken the lead against Wolves through a delicious Mason Mount free-kick. That means this game is almost certainly a Champions League decider.
45+2 min Fernandes’s corner is headed away but only as far as Rashford, whose vicious half-volley from a tight angle is beaten away by Schmeichel. Good save.
45+1 min Three minutes of added time. Pogba and Fernandes combine nicely in a tight area to find Martial, whose deflected shot on the turn spins behind for a corner.
45 min “Hello Rob,” says Neil Carter. “£50 million on a full back who cannot pass the ball. Am I missing something? Rashford doesn’t look fit to me either, Ighalo to come on second half and move Martial to the left.”
I think Rashford’s been quite lively. I agree about Wan-Bissaka but a) people can improve (see Gary Neville) and b) he is a quite brilliant defender. I’d be tempted to try him at centre back when the opportunity arises, though I’d worry about some of those last-ditch tackles.
44 min As things stand United are going into the Champions League, but I reckon Leicester will be happier with how this half has gone.
43 min “Hi Rob,” says Graeme Thorn. “Just to counterbalance all these exotic places people are following the MBM from, I can tell you that I am a fortysomething single man from the shires (Nottinghamshire, to be precise).”
And now I am at peace with my world.
42 min: And now a chance for Rashford! Pogba’s clipped ball forward spins wickedly on the edge of the area, wrongfooting Justin in the process. The ball comes to Rashford, who dummies Justin superbly but then sidefoots high and wide. It was a bit too close for his body for that type of shot.
Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford shoots over. Photograph: Oli Scarff/PA
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41 min: Chance for Vardy! Thomas breaks down the left and clips a good cross to the near post. Vardy gets in front of Lindelof but mistimes his attempted shot and the ball rolls to safety. It bounces up slightly awkwardly but Vardy will still feel he should have scored.
40 min “Following this dribble of a game on Miyako island, under the stars on a balmy night,” says Richardo Tunaley. No tourists. Do I win five minutes of decent football? (However unlikely with this particular game) Stay safe everyone!”
39 min There’s nothing to report. Not a thing. Both teams have been so guarded.
37 min “Following from Alabama, in the US, which is almost completely opposite in direction and climate from 40,000 feet above Norway,” says Dennis Madsen.
36 min It’s all a bit ponderous from United, and Leicester are coming into the game more and more.
Manchester United’s manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer talks to his assistant Michael Carrick in the stands. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/NMC pool / free to use
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35 min “Following on Interstate 29 – North of Kansas City, Missouri,” says Andy Waddington. “Luckily I’m a passenger in the car.”
That’s not in the shires either!
34 min Iheanacho breaks forward, waits for support and finds Tielemans in the D. He controls the ball and tries a gentle sidefoot – “more of a putt, really” as Martin Tyler puts in on Sky – that goes just wide of the far post. De Gea had it covered, though it was hit so softly that I’m surprised he didn’t have time to pick it up.
32 min: Bruno Fernandes has a goal disallowed for offside. It was the right decision, he was a few yards offside. It was nice goal, though: a clip over the top from Pogba, which Fernandes took on the chest before half-volleying past Schmeichel.
Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United puts the ball past Kasper Schmeichel of Leicester City but it’s ruled offside. Photograph: Matthew Peters/Manchester United/Getty Images
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30 min Bruno Fernandes hasn’t been in the game as much as United would like either. He played one lovely reverse cross/pass towards Williams just before that Iheanacho chance. That aside he has been relatively peripheral.
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