Manchester United, with defender Lisandro Martínez from Entre Ríos as the starter, beat Leicester City 1-0 at home this Thursday, in their third consecutive victory, and rose to fifth place in the English Premier League after playing the match that closed the fifth date of the contest.
The English midfielder Jadon Sancho, 23 minutes into the first stage, converted the goal for the “Red Devils”, who thus achieved their third consecutive victory: on the last date they beat Southampton 1-0, as a visitor, and defeated previously to Liverpool by 2 to 1, of the premises.
With this result, Manchester United, who won the tournament 20 times, was in fifth place with nine units, six less than the leader Arsenal, while Leicester City remains last with one point.
Martinez, 24, former Newell’s Old Boys, Defense and Justice and Ajax, from the Netherlands, was voted by supporters of the English club as the team’s best player last August.
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In addition, the youthful striker Alejandro Garnacho was a substitute in the match and also in the second stage the Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo entered for Sancho in the 22nd minute.
