Manchester United started their defence of the FA Cup trophy with a fine battling display against Arsenal culminating in a penalty shootout success at the Emirates Stadium.
The victory secured safe passage to round 4 where they will face club legend Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester City, at Old Trafford.
As reported by the club’s official website, the details of the fixture have now been announced after television outlets picked their games for broadcast.
It’s confirmed the two sides will clash on Friday February 7 at 20:00 GMT, kicking off the round of ties.
United will start the game as favourites having already beaten their visitors twice at Old Trafford this season.
Ironically, Van Nistelrooy was in temporary charge for United on both occasions which came in the Carabao Cup and the Premier League, respectively.
The 5-2 win in the cup was an enthralling encounter that saw six goals shared in the first half before Bruno Fernandes rounded off the scoring in the second.
It was also the captain who proved the star-of-the-show in the league meeting with Bruno’s fine long range strike opening the scoring which resulted in a comfortable 3-0 win for United.
The game will certainly be one of mixed emotions for the new Leicester coach who is widely regarded as one of United’s finest ever centre-forwards and facing his former club for the first time.
Should United see off the Foxes, they will fancy themselves to go deep into a competition in which they have reached the final in the past two seasons.
Last year’s Wembley success against Manchester City was one of the finest moments in the club’s recent history and Ruben Amorim will be desperate to repeat the feat this time around.
However, Leicester also have recent history in the competition having lifted the famous old trophy in 2021 after beating Chelsea in the final, under the guidance of Brendan Rodgers.
Conner Botterill
Conner Botterill has been with The Peoples Person for two years. A keen match-going red with degrees in Sport and Journalism and Philosophy and Psychology, Conner still believes he has a chance of making United’s first team through his 5-a-side career.
