Harry Maguire admitted publically that he felt \u201cembarrassed\u201d after a long wait to register consecutive Premier League wins under Ruben Amorim and urged his teammates to build on the breakthrough. Maguire\u2019s late header at Anfield provided the decisive moment and, for him, a relief that exposed a worrying run of results.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s embarrassing, really,\u201d match-winner Maguire said after his late header capped of a dramatic outing at Anfield. \u201cIt\u2019s not a stat that we should even be speaking about because it is an embarrassing stat to have.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow that\u2019s out of the way let\u2019s try and make it three [wins] on Saturday against Brighton, because we have to start putting a bit more consistency together. The last three or four years we\u2019d put in a performance like this and the following game we come down again. We have set a benchmark.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Amorim, the victory represented a small but significant step inside a turbulent tenure. The boss has registered his 21st win across 51 games as manager, a period that has also produced 21 defeats in all competitions. Results have repeatedly fallen short of expectations for a club of this stature, a fact Amorim has acknowledged.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is really important,\u201d Amorim conceded. \u201cI don\u2019t have many wins in Manchester. It is really important back to back, every detail of this game, the spirit when we suffer a bad moment or control, all the small things was perfect.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s try to do that next week. It is really important for our fans, they struggle against Grimsby and Brentford and today they saw a different team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it is not normal, it is hard to find something like this, so many bad moments and to have the fans always supporting the manager when every one of [the media] is saying, \u2018He is gone before Christmas.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Both captain and manager framed the win as a platform rather than a solution. Maguire\u2019s demand for immediate follow-up against Brighton is clear: convert a rare sequence into the start of sustained improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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