- Harry Maguire produced a brilliant piece of skill for Man United’s opening goal
- Fans were quick to hail the centre back’s contribution as United took control
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Fans were left stunned after Harry Maguire showed off his dribbling skills in Manchester United’s Europa League clash with Athletic Bilbao.
After a tense first half hour to the first leg of the semi-final tie, Maguire burst forward from centre back and found himself on the right wing.
Rather than cutting back and taking the easy passing option, Maguire twsisted and turned to get past his man before producing an excellent cross than was flicked on by Manuel Ugarte and headed home by Casemiro.
He may not have got the assist, but there was no doubting that it was Maguire’s moment of magic that created the goal, and fans took to social media to hail the England defender’s contribution.
‘HARRY MAGUIRE OR LAMINE YAMAL?!’ one fan jokingly asked after the 17-year-old wonderkid starred for Barcelona in their 3-3 draw with Inter Milan on Wednesday.
‘My centre back, my centre forward, my winger: Harry Maguire!’ another X user added.
Harry Maguire twisted and turned past his man before setting up Man United’s first goal
Casemiro was on hand to head home after Maguire’s excellent play on the wing
Fans jokingly compared Maguire to Barcelona wonderkid Lamine Yamal on social media
While Yamal is being touted as a future Ballon d’Or winner, Maguire was also compared to someone who previously won that award.
‘Harry Maguire moving like Ronaldinho on the wing,’ they claimed.
Goals have been hard to come by for United this season, with Ruben Amorim unable to get the best out of his attacking players.
Creating chances has been a major issue, and one fan even claimed Maguire had shown the way forward for United’s first-choice wingers.
‘Maguire shown better wingplay than Garnacho all season,’ the fan posted on X.
‘That wing play from Maguire for the 1st goal was the best we’ve seen from a United winger in 15 years!’ another supporter insisted.
Maguire scored the decisive goal in United’s dramatic quarter-final victory against Lyon, and his wing play inspired the Red Devils to go on and dominate the rest of the first half.
United doubled their lead thanks to a Bruno Fernandes penalty, with Athletic defender Vivian sent off for pulling back Rasmus Hojlund.
Fernandes then put United 3-0 up on the stroke of half time after latching onto Ugarte’s flicked through ball.
