Manchester United attacking midfielder Juan Mata has hailed the success his side had from set-pieces during their 4-1 victory over Leicester in the Premier League on Saturday.

Three of the Red Devils four goals in the match came from corner kicks, with Chris Smalling, Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba profiting from the set-plays.

Mata scored United’s other goal during the contest, but he was particularly pleased to see his side’s hard work on the training pitch paying off with their set-piece routines. “We know that we have strong people, tall people, going to head the ball in,” Mata told MUTV.

“We as takers, we just try to put it in the box the best way we can, aiming for someone to put it in the back of the net. “Today we showed that we are very strong on that and as well a nice goal between Daley, me and Marcus.

We tried a few times last season and it never worked but today finally it worked.”

The victory over the Foxes ended a run of two straight league defeats for Jose Mourinho’s men, and they will be hoping to build on the triumph when they take on Ukrainian outfit Zorya Luhansk in the Europa League at Old Trafford on Thursday.

United were beaten 1-0 by Feyenoord in their opening match in Europe this season, but they are priced at 1.13 to secure a victory on Thursday, while Zorya are available at 21.00 and the draw is on offer at 7.50.