Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy made an apparent 'Fergie time' dig after Manchester United's controversial FA Cup winner at Old Trafford.

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Man Utd beat Leicester 2-1Maguire scores offside winnerVan Nistelrooy fumes over FA Cup lossFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Leicester looked to be heading to extra-time, only for Harry Maguire to score in the 93rd minute to send United into round five of the FA Cup with a 2-1 win on Friday night. After the match, Red Devils legend and current Foxes boss Van Nistelrooy said this loss was not down to 'Fergie time' – a term used by football fans to describe late United goals when Sir Alex Ferguson was manager – but it was because of "offside time". The Dutchman said Maguire's header was so clearly offside that VAR was "not necessary", with the technology not in use in the Old Trafford game.

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He told ITV Sport after the game: "We are not defeated in Fergie time, we are defeated in offside time. This wasn't necessary. VAR you have in a couple of centimetres, a couple of inches, this was half a metre, clear in line. That was a hard one to take because the team deserves to draw in the end. Then extra time, stay in the game you, never know what happens. We deserved to go into extra time, go for the battle in extra time, and maybe penalties. Decisions like these at our level are hard to swallow."

THE BIGGER PICTURE

United's FA Cup title defence is still alive after this unconvincing victory against Premier League strugglers Leicester. Van Nistelrooy was only appointed as Leicester manager earlier this season and is already under pressure to keep his job. And results like these could prove the difference for the ex-striker.

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Both sides return to Premier League action next weekend, with Leicester hosting Arsenal and United travelling to Tottenham.