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title: "Manchester United: Plenty of fans loved Harry Maguire’s performance as derby day captain"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-fans-loved-harry-maguires-performance-derby-captain/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Wareing"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2019-12-08T18:00:05Z"
modified: "2019-12-08T18:00:05Z"
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# Manchester United: Plenty of fans loved Harry Maguire’s performance as derby day captain

**Manchester United were captained by Harry Maguire on derby day, and what a commanding performance he put in to see off Manchester City 2-1. [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/99487/Show/Harry-Maguire) rated the Red Devils’ captain 7.38/10 for his showing, and that’s their highest scoring of him since September [where he scored 7.51/10](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/99487/Fixtures/Harry-Maguire) against Leicester.**

The [Manchester Evening News](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/man-utd-city-player-ratings-17381580) complimented his “no-nonsense” defending in periods of City pressure and said he “marshalled the defence well”. He’ll have been frustrated not to keep a clean sheet, but it’s the first time United have conceded less than two goals at the Etihad Stadium [since the second half of the 2016/17 season](https://www.11v11.com/teams/manchester-city/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Manchester%20United/) when the game ended goalless.

Manchester United posted a clip of Harry Maguire’s post-match comments on their Twitter feed with the caption “Yesterday’s skipper @HarryMaguire93 was proud to captain the Reds to a memorable derby day victory”. Fans were eager to reply and show just how impressed they were with his control of the game, and a few even touted him to be their future captain.

> Yesterday’s skipper [@HarryMaguire93](https://twitter.com/HarryMaguire93?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) was proud to captain the Reds to a memorable derby day victory 👊[#MUFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MUFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/uCjK8JS3k1](https://t.co/uCjK8JS3k1)
>
> — Manchester United (@ManUtd) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/1203596324702081024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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

> CAPTAIN MATERIAL
>
> — The Introvert (@\_\_\_introvert\_) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/___introvert_/status/1203597603796967424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> This guy brings stability in defenders
>
> — filimoni kama waqa (@KamaWaqa) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/KamaWaqa/status/1203596953663049728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> As solid as his concrete head yesterday 😍 my captain!!!
>
> — mysportingtakes (@mysportingtakes) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/mysportingtakes/status/1203597318835990529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> We love you Harry
>
> — josh (@MaseJosh) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/MaseJosh/status/1203599154305544192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Absolutely chuffed with you and the defence Harry ..progress every match ..well done 😁😍
>
> — Mark Pensarn (@MarkPensarn) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/MarkPensarn/status/1203608031411527681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Make him the permanent skip already!!!
>
> — Kenn-Okey (@kenokeyatuegwu) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/kenokeyatuegwu/status/1203599548972711938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Man United fans, who do you think should be your club’s next captain?***