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title: "Manchester United: Some fans fume at Harry Maguire after Burnley defeat"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-fans-fume-harry-maguire-burnley-defeat/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Wareing"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2020-01-23T20:05:50Z"
modified: "2020-01-23T20:05:50Z"
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# Manchester United: Some fans fume at Harry Maguire after Burnley defeat

**Manchester United’s embarrassing defeat at the hands of Burnley on Wednesday had fans fuming at the team’s performance, with [many leaving early](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/01/22/manchester-united-vs-burnley-premier-league-live-score-latest/) to avoid watching the game any longer. One disappointing performer was Harry Maguire, who faced criticism for his inability to command his own box.**

The Englishman won[nine of his 12 aerial duels](https://www.sofascore.com/burnley-manchester-united/gK), but that wasn’t enough to stop Burnley netting twice. For the first goal, [he didn’t mark Chris Wood well enough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip8KiaDhySQ) to prevent him from hooking the ball into the net from close range, and he was rated 6.8/10 by[WhoScored for the game](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1376101/Live/England-Premier-League-2019-2020-Manchester-United-Burnley), and that’s even less than the much-ridiculed Phil Jones who was rated 7.2/10.

During the match, Man United stats account [@utdarena](https://twitter.com/utdarena) on Twitter complained about the 26-year-old’s defending for the goal, calling it “shocking”. Many fans replied to the tweet to show how much they agreed with the opinion and to slate Maguire for his form.

> Maguire’s defending on that goal was shocking. Wood’s movement completely fools him and he’s able to get a yard on him from a headered knockdown in the box.
>
> Shocking.
>
> — UtdArena. (@utdarena) [January 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/utdarena/status/1220087607448821760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

You can see some of their reactions to the tweet below:

> His defending in most situautions is horrible. Massivley overrated because of his passport.
>
> — Ubaid Tayyib (@Obifiilms) [January 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/Obifiilms/status/1220087791327027200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> been saying this from last few weeks, guy is complete useless and Solskjaer made him our captain 😡
>
> — Manchester is RED (@trackmufc) [January 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/trackmufc/status/1220088093392265218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> He’s always shocking…
>
> — Ryan 🔰 (@RyanMUFC37) [January 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/RyanMUFC37/status/1220087741687439360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> He’s going to be one of our worst signings. I honestly thought he’d come in and have a similar impact to VVD. Clearly not as good, but could have similar impact. Completely wrong, he’s a waste of space.
>
> — Craig (@dwellsatthecrag) [January 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/dwellsatthecrag/status/1220088223789207552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Always shocking…\
> His not deserve to be captain
>
> — 黒髪　クロガミ (@RahmatRRor) [January 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/RahmatRRor/status/1220087959107452929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Always thought Maguire was just a slightly above average CB and nothing more. If he was 22-23, there’s still room to improve and reach a world class level, but at 26-27, that’s usually a CB entering their peak. Not going to get too much better from there on out.
>
> — Arush Pati 🔰 (@arushpati17) [January 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/arushpati17/status/1220093081732685824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Man United fans, what did you make of Harry Maguire’s performance against Burnley?***