Fans point out embarrassing Harry Maguire fact during Manchester City vs Manchester United
Fans have taken to social media to point out a rather embarrassing fact concerning Harry Maguire during Manchester United’s meeting with Manchester City.
Manchester City and Manchester United faced off in the latest Manchester derby of the season on Sunday.
Man City headed into the tie knowing they needed to win to ensure they kept some distance between themselves and Liverpool who beat West Ham on Saturday.
As for United, they kicked off at the Etihad knowing that they had to win to climb back into the top-four for the time being after Arsenal had overtaken them by beating Watford 3-2 in the day’s early kick-off.
So far, it is Manchester City who will be the much happier of the two teams.
Manchester City took an early lead in the tie through Kevin De Bruyne, but Jadon Sancho was able to pull United back on level terms with a superb strike:
Jadon Sancho’s equaliser, he curls it superbly ☄️#MCIMUN pic.twitter.com/hrxzGAnhP1
— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) March 6, 2022
However, the score did not stay level for long, with De Bruyne adding his second of the day after 28 minutes following a scramble in the box.
Harry Maguire mocked after Manchester City’s first two goals
Following De Bruyne’s second of the day, fans have noticed something rather embarrassing regarding Harry Maguire.
That being that the defender was nutmegged for both of City’s first two goals, with the second nutmeg actually coming from David de Gea’s post.
Just some of the reaction to this can be seen below:
Maguire has been nutmegged twice and it led to 2 goals
— (@nicksanchezFCB) March 6, 2022
Nah Maguire got nutmegged twice
— Rohān࿗ (@Rohanyaarr) March 6, 2022
Maguire nutmegged for both De Bruyne goals…
— Dan Kilpatrick (@Dan_KP) March 6, 2022
Maguire nutmegged for both goals…
— (@UtdEren) March 6, 2022
Maguire was nutmegged by the post. Seriously . . .
— J. Welsh (@Jwelsh8) March 6, 2022
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This article was edited by Ben Browning.