Manchester United 1-0 Leicester City: 5 men who won the game for Solskjaer | Premier League 2018-19

#3 David de Gea

Leicester City v Manchester United - Premier League

Manchester United can always count on David de Gea when required, and against Leicester, the Red Devils needed their Spanish goalkeeper on quite a few occasions. Even though the home side threw their all at United, the away side held on and gave away very few clear-cut chances on the night.

Leicester had 17 shots on the night, however, only 6 of those were on target. Every time they piled forward, searching for the equalizer, the Manchester United defense stayed compact and gave their all to prevent the home side from scoring. On the few occasions that they did penetrate the away defense, Leicester City came up with a defiant de Gea.

Even though he saw very little action, De Gea was alert and required no wake up calls. He made at least 3 impressive saves, including denying Vardy from close range and stepping up whenever United needed him.

Part of Solskjaer's brilliant run has been due to the fact that he has the world's best goalkeeper protecting his goal and the Norwegian will be desperate to tie the Spaniard to a new deal soon.

Player Rating - 8/10