Harry Maguire in action vs Bournemouth
Harry Maguire in action vs Bournemouth
The centre-back, who wore the captain's armband against the Cherries, made it clear that the players 'need to improve' as the Reds' winless run continued.
Goals from Rayan, Marcus Tavernier and Evanilson secured the points for Marco Rose's side, and although there was an element of misfortune about two of the goals from United's perspective, Maguire suggested that we need to earn their own luck.
He said: "You can't slip and give a goal away like that. The third goal, yeah the wind had a massive part to play in that but the first goal is the most important one.
"We don’t defend a basic set play. We can speak about Leny [Yoro] and Senne [Lammens, for the second and third goals] but the most important one is the first goal and the set play is just nowhere near good enough.
"When things are tough and you're not getting results you've got to dig in, you’ve got to do the basics well. Defending set pieces is part and parcel of the game and we've not been doing that well enough this season.
"We’ve got to do more, we've got to improve more. We cost ourselves three points last week at Leeds with a set play, Hull, and then today the most important goal was the first goal. We’ve got to do more.”
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Harry Maguire on the pitch v Bournemouth 25 October 2026
Harry Maguire on the pitch v Bournemouth 25 October 2026
The 33-year-old, who has played every minute of our Premier League campaign thus far, also stressed that the squad's mindset needs to improve ahead of next week's trip to Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea.
He added: "When you're coming off a result like that you want to play again as soon as possible. Hopefully we can have a good week, we can change the mindset, the confidence within the group, the belief and bounce back." Although it's been a difficult start to the domestic campaign, Maguire emphasised that there are still plenty of points to play for.
He concluded: "The only good thing about the start of the season is that it's still early on. There's still so much to play for, so many points to play for, we can have a good season but we've got to improve and do more.
"As individuals and a team, we have got to do more.”
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