Internet Desk: Leicester City will have to wait to be crowned Premier League champions after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Needing a win to be crowned champions with two matches to spare, the magnitude of what Claudio Ranieri ‘s unchanged side were trying to achieve appeared to weigh heavily during a passive start and Anthony Martial capitalised by opening the scoring.
The visitors barely ventured beyond their own half before United took an eighth-minute lead – Antonio Valencia, in for Timothy Fosu-Mensah at right-back, picking out Martial for the unmarked France international to thump his ninth league goal of the season through Kasper Schmeichel’s legs.
But captain Wes Morgan, one of the symbols of Leicester’s unlikely charge, headed a 16th-minute equaliser and the visitors will be disappointment not to have further punished a United side whose set-piece defending was flimsy throughout.
United belatedly posed some second-half questions as the livewire Martial almost saw his low cross turned in by a sprawling Morgan, while Chris Smalling headed against the outside of the post from a deep Wayne Rooney cross.
Ranieri’s side finished with 10 men as Drinkwater collected a second booking for bringing down United sub Memphis Depay on the edge of the box.
The England midfielder will miss out next Saturday, when Jamie Vardy is expected to return from a ban of his own and by which time a memorable piece of history might already belong to Leicester.