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Jamie Vardy forced a late leveler to rescue a point for Leicester and deny Manchester United what would have been an impressive win.<\/p>\nJamie Vardy forced a late leveler to rescue a point for Leicester and deny Manchester United what would have been an impressive win.<\/p>\n
The striker thought he was leaving the field with an 85th-minute equalizer in a 2-2 draw after Bruno Fernandes\u2019 goal looked to have won it for the visitors, but it was quickly deemed United defender Axel Tuanzebe\u2019s deflection was the pivotal touch.<\/p>\n
Marcus Rashford\u2019s opener, his 50th in the Premier League, had earlier been cancelled out by Harvey Barnes.<\/p>\n
United missed the chance to leapfrog the Foxes \u2013 who drew in the league for the first time this season \u2013 and remain a point behind their hosts.<\/p>\n
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s side stretched their unbeaten top-flight run to eight games but a draw does little to help their quest to chase down leaders Liverpool, who are three points ahead of Leicester.<\/p>\n
Both teams can now be overhauled by Chelsea and Everton if they win their games later on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n
United\u2019s 2-0 win at the King Power Stadium in the final game of last season ended the Foxes\u2019 Champions League hopes.<\/p>\n
They dropped out of the top four that day, as United took the final spot, but there has been no hangover for Brendan Rodgers\u2019 side as they maintain a title challenge.<\/p>\n
Yet their home form \u2013 losing four \u2013 had been their Achilles heel this season and they were almost punished after 71 seconds when Rashford missed a golden chance.<\/p>\n
Patient build-up ended with Fernandes crossing for Rashford but he planted an unmarked header over from six yards.<\/p>\n
It was an awful miss and United nearly paid the price a minute later when Vardy knocked Marc Albrighton\u2019s cross over.<\/p>\n
An entertaining opening continued and the visitors survived a let-off when David De Gea and Harry Maguire made a mess of things before Eric Bailly hacked Albrighton\u2019s center away.<\/p>\n
Slowly, Leicester appeared to settled and started to control the ball only for Rashford to atone for his horror miss after 23 minutes.<\/p>\n
After intricate play on the left Fernandes poked Daniel James\u2019 ball forward for Rashford, who had run off the back of James Justin, to coolly find the bottom corner.<\/p>\n
Yet, the lead lasted just eight minutes when a rare mistake from Fernandes allowed Wilfred Ndidi to rob him and James Maddison then found Barnes to rifle in from 20 yards.<\/p>\n
There was little to separate the sides during a lively first half, although Fernandes glanced Luke Shaw\u2019s free kick over, and United began the second on the front foot.<\/p>\n
Wesley Fofana had to be alert to halt James\u2019 break and a superb Kasper Schmeichel save denied Rashford a second after Fred slipped him clear on the hour.<\/p>\n
Anthony Martial also had a goal rightly ruled out for offside as United\u2019s intensity grew and the Foxes struggled to make inroads.<\/p>\n
Maguire headed over against his former club but the visitors found the goal they had threatened with 11 minutes left.<\/p>\n
Edinson Cavani had made a positive impact since replacing Martial and his driving run ended when he played Fernandes through to finish low past Schmeichel.<\/p>\n
But the Foxes hit back again with five minutes remaining when Vardy swept in Ayoze Perez\u2019s cross, via the deflection off Tuanzebe, to earn a point.<\/p>\n