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Manchester United came out on top in a combative clash with Everton.
Michael Carrick’s side got back to winning ways with a 1-0 win at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, Benjamin Sesko again coming off the bench to score a crucial goal.
It was another huge cameo from the summer signing, but at the other end there was a lot of work for United to do as Everton mounted a siege on Senne Lammens’ goal.
Maguire magnificent
After a drab first half from both teams the hosts settled into a physical approach, pumping ten corners into the box and crowding the six yard box.
Lammens was fantastic but was well protected by a robust backline fearlessly led by a towering Harry Maguire.
The Englishman rose to the challenge of rebuffing Everton’s tactic and made a match-leading ten clearances, more than double the amount managed by any of his team-mates.
In an illustration of the pattern of the game he did not make a single block, interception or tackle.
Battling performance
Unsurprisingly Maguire was involved in a lot of duels, contesting 12 – only Casemiro attempted more.
The centre-back came out on top nine times, winning two of the three ground duels he contested and seven of nine in the air.
The 32-year-old is often a goal threat for the Red Devils but was not given the opportunity tonight.
On the ball, only Matheus Cunha had a lower passing success rate than Maguire, whose game was more utilitarian than creative.
He found his man with 43 of 55 attempted passes for a success rate of 78%, and only managed two accurate long balls from 11.
Harry Maguire vs. Everton
| Player | Harry Maguire |
|---|---|
| Goals | 0 |
| Assists | 0 |
| Expected assists (xA) | 0 |
| Def. contributions | 10 |
| Tackles (won) | 0 (0) |
| Interceptions | 0 |
| Clearances | 10 |
| Blocked shots | 0 |
| Recoveries | 6 |
| Ground duels (won) | 3 (2) |
| Aerial duels (won) | 9 (7) |
| Dribbled past | 1 |
| Key passes | 0 |
| Crosses (accurate) | 0 (0) |
| Accurate passes | 43/55 (78%) |
| Passes in opposition half (acc.) | 13/21 (62%) |
| Passes in own half (acc.) | 30/34 (88%) |
| Long balls (accurate) | 2/11 (18%) |
| Touches | 70 |
| Dribbles (successful) | 0 (0) |
| Was fouled | 2 |
| Possession lost | 12 |
| Total carrying distance | 197.9 m |
| Carries | 16 |
| Progressive carries | 3 |
| Total progression | 129.9 m |
| Progressive carrying distance | 95.5 m |
| Longest progressive carry | 34.9 m |
| Total shots | 0 |
| Shots on target | 0 |
| Shots blocked | 0 |
It may not have been his most virtuosic showing, but his ultimate job is defending the goal and tonight nobody did a better job of it than Maguire.
Stats taken from sofascore.
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