The run had to end at some point but, when it did for Manchester United, it did so in comprehensive fashion. They had not tasted defeat on their domestic travels for 14 months – a sequence of 29 matches – yet they were second best in every department here to see another avenue to silverware closed off.
In simple terms, Leicester seemed to want it more. They were quicker to the ball, slicker when they had it, more incisive and, in Kelechi Iheanacho, they had the two-goal match-winner. To single him out, though, was unfair. There were heroes in blue all over the pitch, including Caglar Soyuncu at the back and pretty much everybody in midfield, where the groundwork for the victory was laid.
