Manchester United 4-1 Leicester City: Wayne Rooney is not missed

Manchester United looked better without Wayne Rooney against Leicester

Manchester United got back to winning ways in the Premier League with a 4-1 victory over champions Leicester at Old Trafford. Dropping Wayne Rooney paid off, writes Adam Bate.

Manchester United had won their first three Premier League games only to lose the next two. One thing all five matches had in common was that Jose Mourinho's men were outrun by their opponents. That changed on Saturday against champions Leicester City of all teams. And it coincided with the removal of Wayne Rooney from the starting line-up.
The United captain began on the bench in a Premier League game for only the third time in four seasons and while it would be unfair to blame him entirely for the erstwhile lack of urgency shown by the side up to this point, it was conspicuous just how much more intense they looked in his absence. Mourinho's decision to go with "the two fast kids" paid off.