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Mateo Mejia scores in Man Utd U21 defeat at Leicester

Mateo Mejia was again on the scoresheet for Manchester United U21s in yesterday's defeat to Leicester City.

Mejia, a Colombia U21 striker, was called up to senior training at United last week.

United struck equalisers either side of halftime via Sonny Aljofree and Mejia. But Leicester ran out winners 3-2 at their training centre.

Chris Popov had opened the scoring in the third minute for Leicester, before Aljofree leveled and then Tawanda Maswanhise's first-half goal saw Leicester go 2-1 ahead before the break.

Mejia's 79th-minute effort looked to have earned United a point until Brandon Cover found the winner in the second minute of stoppage time.

There remained time for both sides to finish the game with 10 players, following red cards for Leicester's Deniche Hill and United defender Willy Kambwala.

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