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Iheanacho benched, Ndidi stars as Leicester fight back twice in Man Utd draw

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Super Eagles duo, Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi played different roles for Leicester City as they come from behind twice to secure a 2-2 draw with Manchester United.

Iheanacho was benched in the game while Ndidi played all through to help the Foxes secure a home point in the Premier League on Boxing Day.

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Marcus Rashford opened scoring for United in the 23rd minute but his effort was cancelled out eight minutes later by Harvey Barnes.

Bruno Fernandes’ 79th-minute goal had looked to have maintained United’s 100% away record this season but Vardy’s equaliser – deflected in off Axel Tuanzebe – levelled it up five minutes from time.

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