Premier League Boxing Day Roundup: Drama at the King Power Stadium as Manchester United settles for a late draw

After a fierce encounter between United and Leicester City, an own goal by Axel Tuanzebe earned the hosts a 2-2 draw on Boxing day.

Bruno Fernandes looked to have secured all three points for United with his goal in the 79th minute for the Reds to maintain their 100 percent away record this season but Tuanzebe deflected in Jamie Vardy’s strike to level it up on 85 minutes.

Marcus Rashford scored United’s opener on 23 minutes but Harvey Barnes cancelled it out shortly after in what was an evenly-balanced contest between Liverpool’s closest rivals in the title race.

Watch the highlights of the match below

The Foxes, however, remain above United in the table and Rodgers says his side’s resilience shows they can “compete at the highest level”.

“We showed lots of potential last year but with more coaching time and more confidence the players will improve,” said Rodgers, whose side have already beaten Manchester City, Tottenham and Arsenal this season.

“When you play against huge clubs, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, they have that personality but we played with personality and authority in the game.

“We’re nowhere near in terms of budget but from a football perspective we were competitive.”

The result at King Power Stadium ended United’s 10-match winning league run on the road – one short of the record set by Chelsea in 2008.

“We gave them lots of problems and, looking at it, we had some real authority in the game,” added Rodgers.

“It was the very least we deserved. We showed real quality and showed we can compete at the level against a team who had won every game away from home.”

Stats and facts from the match (Backed by Opta)

• Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 14 away Premier League games (W11 D3) – their longest such run since January 2011 (16 games).
• Leicester City have conceded 191 top-flight goals against Manchester United – only versus Arsenal (206) have they shipped more.
• Manchester United are the first side to score 2+ goals in 11 consecutive top-flight away games since United did so themselves in March 1959 (13 games).
• Aged 23 years and 56 days, Marcus Rashford is the third-youngest Manchester United player to reach 50 Premier League goals after Wayne Rooney (22 years 157 days) and Cristiano Ronaldo (22 years 341 days).
• Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in over half of Manchester United’s Premier League goals since his debut (31/60), scoring 18 and assisting a further 13.
• Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has failed to win 10 of his 12 Premier League encounters with Man Utd in the Premier League as a manager (W2 D1 L9).
• Man Utd’s Edinson Cavani has five goal involvements as a substitute in the Premier League this season (three goals and two assists), two more than any other player.
• Leicester City’s Harvey Barnes has scored seven goals in 20 games in all competitions, equalling his tally from the 2019-20 campaign for the Foxes (7 in 42 apps).