Manchester United and Leicester City meet for the fourth time this season this weekend.
In the reverse league fixture Ruud van Nistelrooy was in charge of United, now he's bidding to beat the Reds and breathe life into Leicester's survival bid.
The former United assistant manager’s team sit 19th with 17 points, six behind Wolves. They have scored 25 goals but conceded 62 across their 28 games so far this season and are the only club in the Premier League who have lost all five of their last games.
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For last week’s 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge, Van Nistelrooy made changes by switching to a back three and reintroducing Connor Coady into the squad. Those decisions could be the foundation for Leicester to try and rebuild defensively as the high backline Van Nistelrooy adopts arguably gives the opposition too much space.
After the defeat to Chelsea, Nistelrooy admitted: “We don’t know if we’ve run out of time. What we do know is that we have today, and we have tomorrow, and the players are working every day to be the best they can be.”
In his four-game stint as interim United manager in November 2024 he led the team to three wins and one draw across all competitions. The difference in results with Leicester compared to the short but successful recent spell at United has baffled supporters as the Foxes have only won three matches since he joined the club.
His tactics when at United worked with the players on offer, but with the Foxes in their first season since promotion, they have understandably not shown the same level of individual quality.
The emotional connection with Van Nistelrooy and United was evident with the chemistry on display but the want to bring Ruben Amorim in as a full-time option made sense at the time yet both have struggled to have an impact.
Amorim and Van Nistelrooy have had their fair share of issues and both have a point to prove on Sunday.
