In the match between Manchester United and Leeds United, in the 140th corner attack, Red Devils captain Maguire finally seized the opportunity to receive a cross from Luke Shaw's right corner and the header broke the goal, opening the record for the team and ending a year-long corner goal drought.
The last time United scored a corner kick was a oolong ball from West Ham centre-back Craig Dawson, and the Red Devils player personally sent the corner into the opponent's net, which was last January. After the game, Maguire admitted that the data embarrassed him: "Yes, it's embarrassing, every time I see this data, I feel embarrassed. I'm an important player in the team's set-piece tactics, I've been trying to score in corners, but as a team, as a team, we're not good enough."
Maguire believes that improving the efficiency of pointing on set-pieces will help improve United's record. "Set-pieces are an important part of the game and if we can score more points through corners and free kicks, we will be ranked higher in the standings. I know you can play beautiful football, but set-pieces are indispensable in the game and we still need to improve in that area this season."
Leeds United's set-piece defence is even worse than Manchester United's, with 15 corners and free kicks scored last season and 12 this season, making them the Red Devils' best supporting role to end their embarrassing record.
Recently, Maguire has received a lot of criticism and has also fallen into rumors of discord with his teammates. But he always seems to be able to respond with a goal when the criticism is most intense. The £80 million Iron Guard also scored after the scandal of being arrested on holiday in Greece before the start of last season. Leading the team to victory is more convincing than debunking rumors on social networking sites and gaining the support of fans.
For the process of Manchester United almost missing a good game in this game, but finally scoring three points, Maguire commented: "I think the most gratifying thing is the momentum of the team after being equalized. Of course, we had to do better after the start of the second half, the opponent launched a fierce counter-attack and the first goal was somewhat lucky, but helped them get back into the game. Then Leeds United scored a wonderful goal and we had to stay united. Eland Road is a difficult away game, we are all well aware of it, but we also know that we are strong enough to continue to pose a threat to the opponents. At half-time, we said we had to score more goals, and everybody did."
Maguire also believes that the condition of the venue caused by wind and rain is one of the reasons for the ups and downs of this Rose derby. "Honestly, the second half was really bad. We were in a half with a lot of water, and we initially tried to play, dribble, and try to do one-on-one like the first half, but everyone quickly realized that something was wrong. We were heavily affected by the venue, especially the first 5 minutes. We had to adapt, but it was like an old school with a lot of tackles and I'm sure it was a good game like this and thankfully we ended up winning."
However, the way Maguire celebrated goals and victories after the game made Manchester United fans a little confused. He posted a photo of himself sliding to his knees in celebration, but changed the head of one of the spectators in the stands. Netizens are confused, not knowing why the Manchester United captain did this and whose face he put on.