This was proof of the shift in power: Leicester are striding to glory but Manchester United need a new manager and better players

IAN LADYMAN AT OLD TRAFFORD: Louis van Gaal's summation of the game was remarkable. The Dutch manager suggested his team had produced one of their best displays of the season. Even by the modern Manchester United's low standards, this was not true. Indeed, to watch this game was to witness one team moving slowly forwards to a future already more magical than anyone could have imagined, and one stuck hopelessly in quicksand.

Leicester gathered themselves, went back to the compact, organised and methodical football that they know and hauled themselves back into the contest.

From the moment captain Wes Morgan equalised in the 17th minute until Danny Drinkwater was sent off with four minutes left, Leicester were the better team.