Maguire warns Man Utd not to get carried away after long-awaited Anfield win - Soccer News

[ad_1] Manchester United match-winner Harry Maguire insisted his team-mates should not get carried away by their sensational 2-1 victory away to Liverpool on Sunday.

Maguire popped up with the deciding second within the 84th minute, rising highest to satisfy Bruno Fernandes’ sensible cross with a superb header previous Giorgi Mamardashvili.

Ruben Amorim’s group had surprised Anfield into silence with simply 62 seconds on the clock when Bryan Mbeumo stole in behind Virgil van Dijk earlier than ending into the web.

Liverpool probed for an equaliser and received their rewards via Cody Gakpo, who had already hit the woodwork 3 times earlier than lastly discovering a well beyond Senne Lammens.

Nevertheless, it was to be the Purple Devils’ day when Maguire nodded house the winner, consigning the Premier League champions to their fourth straight defeat in all competitions.

“We gained’t get carried away as a result of we will’t afford that as a membership, we are going to use it as motivation,” Maguire advised Sky Sports activities.

“On this membership, it can imply lots this week, after which we've Brighton at house subsequent week. So we've to stay calm-headed.”

VICTORY AT ANFIELD!

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United have gained back-to-back Premier League video games for the primary time since their closing two video games of the 2023-24 season and their opening sport of the 2024-25 marketing campaign.

Certainly, additionally they gained their first Premier League away sport towards Liverpool since January 2016, ending a run of 9 league video games with out victory at Anfield (D5 L4).

They rode their luck at instances, with Liverpool producing an anticipated targets (xG) whole of two.76 from their 19 makes an attempt to United’s 1.26 from their 12 pictures.

However regardless of their technique of victory, Maguire was eager to enjoy his heroics at a floor he has usually been on the dropping facet at throughout his profession with the Purple Devils.

“It means every little thing. That they had had the higher of us over the previous couple of years and it’s not been good for our membership,” Maguire added.

“We now have not given our followers sufficient days like right this moment, so it has been a very long time coming, coming to this floor and selecting up three factors.

“It's not simply three factors to the membership and to the boys. I've been coming to this floor for seven years now and to not get three factors have been robust.

“It’s for the followers and I hope that they had a terrific night time tonight.

“It's good to have one over Liverpool. Soccer is all about recollections and making particular recollections. I'm certain all of the followers will go house with recollections, we are going to all go house completely satisfied.”

Fernandes, whose help took him to 52 within the Premier League for United, the fifth-most for the membership, echoed the sentiment of Maguire’s feedback.

52 – Together with his help for his or her profitable purpose vs Liverpool right this moment, Bruno Fernandes has now recorded 52 assists for Manchester United within the Premier League, the fifth-most for the membership behind solely Ryan Giggs (162), Wayne Rooney (93), David Beckham (80) and Paul Scholes (55).… pic.twitter.com/Z88cLWMCth

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“It’s at all times good to win video games. We all know what these form of video games imply for our membership and our followers and in addition for ourselves the place we're proper now,” Fernandes stated.

“We all know what it means for the followers and the membership to play these rivalries. We needed to do it as a result of it's a very long time for the reason that membership gained at Anfield.

“It is rather vital so I'm very completely satisfied to do it right this moment. We knew that we needed to win our duels. Within the first ten minutes we knew they'd attempt to begin the sport very robust.

“Additionally within the first half we understood that they have been below stress once they had time on the ball, the followers have been placing them in a tough place for them to play faster.

“We needed to sluggish their sport and we knew that will give large areas across the center. Within the second half we may have performed slightly bit extra on the ball.”