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Manchester United defender Harry Maguire admits he could have stopped Fulham's winning goal
24.02.2024 - 18:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Harry Maguire has said with the benefit of hindsight, he could have fouled Adama Traore to prevent Fulham from scoring their winning goal against Manchester United.
Maguire scored in the 89th minute to make it 1-1 against Fulham and nine minutes of injury time were added, which meant bodies were committed forward to find a winner.
The Old Trafford crowd urged United to complete a dramatic comeback win, but chasing a goal backfired when Traore broke forward and found Alex Iwobi at the other end. Maguire had the opportunity to foul Traore and a cynical challenge would have likely prevented a defeat.
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Maguire had already been booked earlier in the game and bringing Traore down would have seen him sent off, but it would have meant the points were shared.
He spoke to MUTV after the game and said: "At the start of the second half, we lost Casemiro and that set us back as well. We didn't find the rhythm for the first 15 or 20 minutes and they got a deserved lead.
"It was a very soft goal to concede again, set-plays is an area we knew they were strong on from the first half. We did everything we could to get back into the game and we deserved the equaliser.
"The belief was there we could win the game and, in the end, we have probably thrown too many bodies forward and left the middle of the pitch open.
"They have punished us with a clinical counter-attack. In hindsight now, we can all sit here and say we should have been more cautious, we were too naive, we can look back and I'm sure we'll assess it for areas we can improve on.
"They're bringing on a player [Traore] with fresh legs and it's
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