Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has apologised for his own performance in the embarrassing 5-0 defeat to Liverpool yesterday evening.
The 28-year-old was extremely poor as the Red Devils capitulated in the first half, and the centre-back acknowledged his part in the display after the match:
‘Defensively, and I’m a defender first and foremost, conceding four at home at Old Trafford is nowhere near good enough. As a player, I know myself, I will be looking at myself as an individual and the performance of the team, I’m the captain and I lead the boys. We have to come together and stick together. We have to look at each other and look at yourself in the mirror and think, what can you do better? It’s not about looking elsewhere and blaming others.”
Maguire was certainly not the only player to put in an unacceptable display but he did bear the brunt of a lot of criticism from supporters on Twitter.:
What happened to this man's form??? Back to being absolute rubbish
— Intertwined_Axe_ (@Intertwined_Axe) October 24, 2021
Worst captain ever
— Haso (@Hasoutd) October 24, 2021
11 goals in 3 games. Explain how to improve that
— MUFC OK 🇪🇬🏴 (@afeni1970) October 24, 2021
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
— JH (@JH83271941) October 24, 2021
Overrated player. Doesn’t deserve that armband
— UrbanAngler87 (@KeithReddy12) October 24, 2021
doesn’t deserve this armband tbh
— H (@_0H7x) October 24, 2021
I still don't know how he was given a captaincy. The guy is most overrated defender I have ever seen.
— MUFC Kunal (@Bounceback_fc) October 24, 2021
Take some weeks off ..Let Bailly and Mengi play
— Reds ♦️ (@UTD_Always_hehe) October 24, 2021
You need to rest captain.
— Nesta Sakkarin (@NestaSakkarin) October 24, 2021
Considering the England international cost a staggering £80m, it simply wasn’t good enough. There are some mitigating circumstances in the fact that he is still recovering from a calf injury, but even so, he shouldn’t be playing if he isn’t 100% fit.
Some of the defending yesterday was comical but it wasn’t just Maguire who was to blame. The organisation of the team, in general, was woeful and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has to take his fair share of the responsibility for that.
