Bastian: We Wanted More

Bastian Schweinsteiger may have scored his first Manchester United goal but he still left the King Power Stadium a disappointed man on Saturday after the 1-1 draw with Leicester City.

The Reds missed a chance to go top of the table and conceded the opener to prolific Foxes marksman Jamie Vardy, who broke Ruud van Nistelrooy's record 10-game goalscoring run in the Barclays Premier League. Schweinsteiger also had United's only other effot on target but was denied by Kasper Schmeichel's reflex save in the second half.

"It’s not a very good point," the midfielder told MUTV. "If you see the game and how much space we had with the ball, we have to create more chances and danger and we didn’t do it so well. We come here as Manchester United and, if you want to win something, then you have to win the game.

"We tried [to win] but Leicester dropped in a lot and played with 11 players in their own half and it’s never easy to play with this kind of tactics from the opponent. We should try and create more, I believe in it, but we have to improve. We have to live with that and move on.

"Against Watford, it [the own goal by Troy Deeney] was a very important goal, as it was the last minute and it meant three points. Today, one minute before half-time changes everything and makes things a little easier with it being 1-1. So, I am happy with the goal, but I would be more happy if I had taken the second chance I had in the second half.

"It’s a pity we conceded the goal like this, from a counter-attack," he added. "When you are a top team it shouldn’t happen like that. We knew he [Vardy] was capable of making a goal like that, so it is a pity that we conceded that goal."

Schweinsteiger refused to use United's current injury list as an excuse for the failure to gain three points.

"We had a lot of injured players which is not good but that is how it is," he continued. "We tried to play a little differently - I thought the formation was good and it is not easy for the opposing team. I think we had a lot of space when we had the ball but we should have created more."

The German captain took to his Twitter account after the game and spoke of his pride at scoring his first goal for the Reds, but reiterated his disappointment at not leaving Leicester with a victory.

He tweeted: "A tough challenge today, as expected. Too bad we weren't able to reward ourselves with a second goal. An honour and great feeling to have scored for the first time for Manchester United. However, I'd choose three points over my goal."