It
looked
as
though
United’s
English
league
record
of
29
games
without
defeat
on
the
road
would
continue
when
Mason
Greenwood
opened
the
scoring
with
a
stunning
strike.

However,
Leicester
levelled
through
Youri
Tielemans
following
an
error
from
the
returning
Harry
Maguire,
and
Caglar
Soyuncu
prodded
home
to
put
the
hosts
ahead
with
12
minutes
to
go.

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In
a
frantic
finale,
Marcus
Rashford
marked
his
first
appearance
of
the
season
with
an
equaliser
before
Leicester
restored
their
lead
from
kick-off,
Jamie
Vardy
blasting
home
from
Ayoze
Perez’s
cut-back.

Patson
Daka
added
a
fourth
in
injury
time
as
United
lost
for
the
fourth
time
in
seven
matches.

Meanwhile
champions
Manchester
City
made
hard
work
of
a
2-0
win
against
Burnley
at
the
Etihad
Stadium
remaining
just
a
point
behind
Liverpool.

City
had
won
each
of
their
previous
four
home
games
against
Burnley
5-0
but
this
time
settled
simply
for
taking
three
points
from
a
slightly
sloppy
display.

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Coming
out
of
an
international
break
without
some
key
men
–
and
having
seen
Liverpool
thrash
Watford
earlier
in
the
day
–
the
result
was
all
that
mattered.

Bernardo
Silva’s
12th-minute
strike
initially
hinted
at
a
rather
more
straightforward
affair
for
the
champions,
though
it
was
left
to
Kevin
De
Bruyne
to
belatedly
make
the
game
safe.

City’s
two
best
players
from
their
previous
game
against
leaders
Liverpool
were
both
involved
in
the
opener,
as
Silva
picked
out
Phil
Foden
just
inside
the
box
and
was
then
on
hand
to
slam
into
the
net
when
Nick
Pope
could
only
parry
the
England
international’s
low
shot.

However,
the
home
side’s
unfamiliar
back
four
–
missing
Ruben
Dias
and
Kyle
Walker
–
afforded
opportunities
to
Burnley,
who
had
Maxwel
Cornet
shoot
too
close
to
Zack
Steffen
after
fine
work
from
Dwight
McNeil
before
Josh
Brownhill
whipped
a
low
effort
wide.

Riyad
Mahrez
blasted
against
the
crossbar
shortly
after
the
break,
but
frustration
built
among
the
home
supporters
as
City
again
struggled
to
build
on
a
strong
start
to
the
half.

The
mood
lifted
with
20
minutes
to
play
when
Ashley
Westwood
failed
to
clear
and
Mahrez
toed
the
ball
into
the
path
of
De
Bruyne
for
a
thumping
left-footed
finish.

Chris
Wood
clipped
the
crossbar
from
close
range
when
he
could
have
set
up
a
nervy
finish,
although
the
forward
might
have
been
offside
as
he
met
Nathan
Collins’ knockdown.

What
does
it
mean?
City
slow
again
at
home

City
played
well
in
successive
away
games
against
Chelsea,
Paris
Saint-Germain
and
Liverpool
heading
into
the
international
break,
although
they
only
earned
four
points
across
the
Premier
League
and
Champions
League
from
those
fixtures.

That
would
be
a
handy
enough
return
if
City
are
able
to
take
care
of
business
against
the
lesser
lights,
yet
this
was
another
unconvincing
home
display.

Pep
Guardiola’s
men
at
least
won,
unlike
in
their
previous
league
game
at
the
Etihad
Stadium
against
Southampton,
but
they
would
have
expected
an
easier
ride
against
a
team
had
defeated
30-1
on
aggregate
across
their
previous
eight
meetings.

Silva
is
playing
in
the
heart
of
the
midfield
this
season
but
that
did
not
prevent
him
being
City’s
chief
attacking
threat.
His
goal
came
from
one
of
three
shots,
while
he
also
created
three
chances
for
team-mates.

The
talk
in
the
build-up
to
this
game
centred
on
Raheem
Sterling,
who
spoke
openly
about
the
possibility
of
leaving
City.
Having
been
a
top
performer
in
previous
seasons,
the
winger
started
only
twice
across
the
first
seven
league
games
of
the
campaign.

But
Sterling
was
back
in
the
XI
on
Saturday,
handed
a
central
striking
role
with
Jack
Grealish
dropped
to
the
bench
and
Gabriel
Jesus
only
just
returning
from
international
duty.

This
was
not
the
sort
of
performance
that
is
likely
to
convince
Guardiola
to
give
him
a
prominent
role,
though.
Sterling’s
only
shot
was
blocked.

City
are
back
in
Champions
League
action
against
Club
Brugge
on
Tuesday,
while
Burnley’s
wait
for
a
first
Premier
League
win
of
the
season
takes
them
to
Southampton
next
Saturday.