Premier League: Manchester United were held in a 1-1 draw at home by Leicester City, as the season draws near to an end as their top-four aspirations fade.

Manchester United keep dropping vital 3 points which would have seen them sitting comfortably in the top four. 

In the England city of MANCHESTER, Erik ten Hag as well as Mauricio Pochettino may get a sense of how difficult it would be to reshape Manchester United by watching Leicester City holding them to a 1-1 draw at home.

Old Trafford's season has descended into a Europa League or even in worse scenario, with a team of players who seem to lack confidence as well as the trust. Anyone that succeeds Ralf Rangnick this summer will have their job cut out for them.

Now that United have fallen farther out of the top four flight in the EPL, the incoming manager will most likely have to wait at least a year before thinking about the Champions League. De Gea's miracle save and VAR decisions to rule out James Maddison's late goal would already have made things much worse had they not occurred.

However, it was a terrible day for the home team. Aside from Maddison, this was difficult to dispute with his statement that Leicester looked "disappointed" to depart with only a point just after game.

During the dying minutes of extra time during the second half, Jadon Sancho had a great opportunity somewhere at back of the post, however he can still barely scrape an effort from his own leg as well as sending it towards the goal kick instead. Later, Marcus Rashford as well as Anthony ElanAnthony Elanga were in the path of one another and a second opportunity was lost.

Despite the upcoming games with top English clubs like Liverpool, Arsenal, including Chelsea on the horizon, there was little reason to believe Rangnick's club would be able to scratch its place in the top four. Arsenal leads by three points having 2 games yet to play, but West Ham, now in eighth place, is just 3 points below Manchester United in the race for the title.

"As long as it's mathematically possible, we'll try to win as many games as possible," said Rangnick. "Obviously, after dropping two points, our position isn't better after this result. It's our obligation to finish the season on the best possible note.

"The second half was the better one; we were struggling to find the rhythm in the first half possibly because of the international break," the interim manager added. "If I look at the whole game, I think the draw is OK. We had opportunities to score the winning goal, but so did they."

There was scant evidence to support the claims made by Rangnick during his press conference on Friday, especially in the first 45 minutes of the match. Only Bruno Fernandes' attempt was saved by Kasper Schmeichel just before half-time for Manchester United, who were without Edinson Cavani as well as Cristiano Ronaldo.

If it wasn't for a terrible mistake by goalkeeper Schmeichel, Fred would have equalized for Manchester United 3 minutes after Kelechi Iheanacho headed home Maddison's cross on the ball in the 63rd minute.

Leicester appeared more capable of scoring a winner when Schmeichel had no more saves to make. Manchester United have won only 3 from their last 11 matches this season and also have lost all 5 in previous encounters with Brendan Rodgers' side.

"It was a good performance away here, disappointed to not win and that is always a good sign," the Leicester boss said. "The football was very good but we passed it well a lot of the time and got into some good areas. I thought we were very good in large spells of the game."