Twitter reacts as Manchester United beat Leicester City 3-0 with champions in danger of relegation

Manchester United beat Premier League champions Leicester City 3-0 at the King Power Stadium and the result keeps the Red Devils in the hunt for a top four spot. However, Claudio Ranieri’s side now stare relegation in the face as they sit just a point above the relegation zone.

It was a scrappy game until Henrikh Mkhitaryan burst forward with the ball and scored past Kasper Schmeichel. Less than 90 seconds later, Zlatan Ibrahimovic doubled the lead with a cool finish inside the box. It only got worse for the Foxes as Juan Mata made it 3-0 just three minutes after the restart.

The result sees Manchester United stay in the hunt for a top four finish while the defending champions are looking at relegation as a very distinct possibility. Here are the best tweets from the game.

On Ibrahimovic’s form...

15 - At 35y 125d, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the oldest player to reach 15 @premierleague goals in a single season. Vintage. pic.twitter.com/CV68bl0J3X

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 5, 2017

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has now scored 20+ goals in 10 consecutive seasons at club level, scoring 305 goals in total during that period. pic.twitter.com/HQfpIPq6UP

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) February 5, 2017

@Ibra_official Pure Class! @ManUtd #zlatanibrahimovic pic.twitter.com/NINbQIUXC3

— Gurpreet Singh (@GurpreetGK) February 5, 2017

Ibrahimovic is the first #mufc player to score 20 goals since Robin van Persie #mulive

— utdreport (@utdreport) February 5, 2017

Ibrahimovic becomes the first #mufc player to score 20 goals in a season since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.

— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) February 5, 2017

On Leicester City’s possible relegation...

Could Leicester City actually go down? Dear me. The worst title reign since Hornswoggle. pic.twitter.com/ouXdMkuxlO

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) February 5, 2017

Can't see us winning the League now.

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) February 5, 2017

0 - Leicester are the first top-flight club to fail to score in their first 5 league matches of a calendar year since Spurs in 1986. Blank.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 5, 2017

On the Juan Mata tackle and Jamie Vardy...

Juan Mata kicking racism out of football. We all love you a bit more after that.

— The Peoples Person (@PeoplesPerson_) February 5, 2017

Are you freaking kidding me? That was a red card for Juan Mata. Xhaka would have been deported for that tackle. #LEIMUN

— Rohith Nair (@RohithNair) February 5, 2017

Hope the Vardy film doesn't end on the clichéd trophy lift and instead documents both the relegation and his £12m cut-price move to West Ham

— Mkhitaryan's was bet (@MOliverFan) February 5, 2017

On Manchester United’s form...

Damn! They're moving to 6th again...

— Danny Welbeck (@WelBeast) February 5, 2017

Still sixth.. pic.twitter.com/Q5GK6YdPIU

— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) February 5, 2017

How Mourinho and Man Utd fans feel after beating Leicester City... Haters will say they're still in 6th place pic.twitter.com/qVbjVUXF3e

— Freebets.co.uk (@freebetscouk) February 5, 2017