The lesson Manchester United game taught Leicester City as surprising claim emerges

Harry Winks believes Leicester City's 3-0 loss at the hands of Manchester United was a misleading result that didn't reflect the performance on the day.

Goals from Bruno Fernandes and Alejandro Garnacho and an own goal from Victor Kristiansen, sealed the points for United, but Winks doesn't feel that the Foxes were outclassed.

He explained: “I don't think the result really reflected the performance. I don't think it was a game where we got dominated and they deserved to win 3-0, but it was just moments of us probably switching off or not being 100 per cent focused in a moment.

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“But other than that, I think we played really well at times. We probably could have been better going forward, a bit more of a threat, but I don't think the scoreline truly reflects the match, the goals.

“The moment where it's a quick throw in and they've scored from that and from a counter attack as well. Again, something that we knew that they'd be good at is trying to get us on the counter attack and the break and just moments that if we were fully focused on not stopping that, it could have probably been a different game.

“But they're a good side. They're going to have counter attacks. They're going to have moments where we switch off. It's football, that happens for them as well. But I think it’s just the nature of the game and how ruthless United can be and that's how it feels.”

Winks was speaking to the club's official site after the game and felt that momentum just didn't flow for Steve Cooper's City side. Rather than dwelling on the Negatives, the midfielder was happy to look at the things that did go right.

He states: “We've done that in other games this season where we've got that goal early in the second half and it's really changed the momentum, and we just couldn't find that moment to break them down.

“I don't think we really pinned them in enough and kept up waves of attacks to really try and sustain opportunities to score. But I think it's a game where we can look back and go: 'we should have been a bit more ruthless going forward', but I think the scoreline doesn't truly reflect the result."

City now have a two-week break to their next fixture – Enzo Maresca’s return to the King Power Stadium with Chelsea – but there is no time to relax for Steve Cooper. He still has a fanbase to win over.

After their heaviest loss of the Premier League season, the final whistle was met with boos from the away end at Old Trafford. There had been chants during the game of “Cooper, sort it out!”, last heard so clearly at Walsall in September.