Striker Robin van Persie got out of his personal scoring drought with an amazing finish that helped Manchester United cruise to a 3-1 win over lowly Leicester City today.
RVP scored his first goal in well over a month to give United the lead. Another high-priced striker who’s battled fitness issues this season, Radamel Falcao, also made got on the scoresheet.
You also had Wes Morgan of Leicester contributing an own goal to give United a solid, comfortable victory.
Here’s the video of the Falcao goal:
Here is the footage of Robin van Persie getting on the board:
And here below you will see Morgan scoring the own goal to complete the scoring for Manchester United.
There are some who believe that Manchester United haven’t really made much progress under Louis van Gaal. Well, they looked really good today, albeit versus very weak competition.
Here’s the videos of Louis van Gaal of Daley Blind talking to the media after the game.
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