Last night could end up being a costly one for Manchester United.
Yet again the Reds had the vast majority of chances of goal and despite finding the back of the net three times, one only of our goals stood.
Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand bemoaned Harry Maguire’s mistake for Burnley’s equaliser on Tuesday night.
Maguire was pretty much turned by 6 ft 7 striker Wout Weghorst he played Jay Rodriguez in for his 100th Premier League goal, and it was enough to secure Sean Dyche’s side a point in their bid to avoid relegation.
Sadly, it was another disappointing night with Maguire being one of the talking points.
“There’s [Scott] McTominay, and he’s their protection,” Ferdinand said on BT Sport after the game, as per The Mirror. “He’s the man in front protecting. I think all that Harry Maguire has got to do then is just keep pushing him that way.
“He hasn’t got to overcommit, but he does. It’s a beautiful bit of skill and the reverse pass here is just sublime.
“If Kevin de Bruyne does that we’re all up [here] going crazy. And this goal here is made by this, this little move, getting across Maguire.
“He takes Maguire completely out of play when he pushes the ball across him. And this isn’t the confidence of someone who hasn’t scored in 49 games.”
Rodriguez still had work to do when he received the ball but Maguire wasn’t quick enough to catch him. Ferdinand picked up on that too, in his post-match assessment.
“I don’t think Maguire’s quick enough to have got there to effect that situation once he got beyond it. It’s more about stopping it a source.
“Once the big number nine is facing that way to the goal… Keep him going that way. I know that it’s easy to say. He has the security of McTominay in front of him…
“But these are small mistakes, and they lead into big moments. What a finish that was from Rodriguez.”
Our captain must learn to do better because these mistakes happen way too often.
