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Harry Maguire was made to look like a fool during the match vs Partizan Belgrade

Archie Blade
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Harry Maguire was made to look like a fool during the match vs Partizan Belgrade

Harry Maguire was made to look like a fool during the match vs Partizan Belgrade in their Europa League encounter last night.

Harry Maguire had quite the night last night. The world’s most expensive defender led his side to their first away win since that historic night in Paris. However, beyond that, everything else went wrong for the England international.

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First, he made himself look incompetent in front of the world when he forgot to turn up for the toss. The man wearing the armband that was once worn by the likes of Sir Bobby Charlton, Eric Cantona, Roy Keane and Wayne Rooney immediately made himself a laughing stock before the match had even begun.

After that, he was made to look like an even bigger mess up when he was played like a fool while defending in the match against Partizan Belgrade.

Harry Maguire was made to look like a fool during the match vs Partizan Belgrade

In the second half of the match, Partizan Belgrade fired on all cylinders as they chased the equaliser. Partizan’s Seydouba Soumah carried the ball into the opponent’s half. Harry Maguire tried to end the attack but was dropped to the ground by some brilliant footbwork by Soumah.

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With all respect to the club, Partizan Belgrade are not Liverpool or Barcelona. With the amount United have dished out on the defender, he has no business being played around like that. Fortunately for Maguire though, Romero saved the shot and United kept their lead all through the match.

This is not a good look on Maguire. Especially, after he was compared to Sunday League players by former Tottenham Hotspur player Rafael van der Vaart during Man United’s draw against Liverpool.

“He can do something, but if he is worth so much money, Virgil van Dijk is worth £300million,” Van der Vaart told Ziggo Sport, per the Mirror.

“If I am going to play with the amateurs on Sunday afternoon, I can easily find three who can do this. I mean that seriously.

“A bit silly to say, but I really think so.”

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Archie Blade

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Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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