Erik ten Hag’s Reaction to Harry Maguire Blunder for Sevilla’s First Goal Goes Viral

Erik ten Hag’s Reaction to Harry Maguire Blunder for Sevilla’s First Goal Goes Viral

Rene Otinga
updated at April 22, 2023 at 5:27 AM
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  • Erik Ten Hag’s reaction to Harry Maguire’s error versus Sevilla has gone viral
  • Man United crashed out of the Europa League after succumbing to a 3-0 loss
  • The goals conceded on April 20 were largely blamed on individual mistakes

Erik ten Hag looked completely flabbergasted after Harry Maguire’s error gifted Sevilla a goal on April 20.

The Manchester United manager could barely hide his disappointment as the Spanish club scored the first goal to take control of the tie for the first time.

Maguire failed to control what looked like a simple pass from David De Gea just seven minutes into the game, which allowed former Tottenham man, Erik Lamela to pick the ball and feed Youssef En-Nesyri for the opener.

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Harry Maguire of Manchester United looks dejected after Yousseff En-Nesyri scores Sevilla's first goal from his error. Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo.
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Sevilla all but took the tie away from United early in the second half as Loic Bade made it 2-0, as per The Mirror.

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The Red Devils ended up crashing out of the competition 5-2 on aggregate, with their only chance of a second piece of silverware being the FA Cup, as reported on BBC.

Maguire, De Gea mess up

After the game, many fans were critical of two players: David De Gea and Harry Maguire. Some argued the pass from the keeper in the build-up to the first goal was once the defender should have never received, but others believe Maguire should have done much better.

For the first goal, Sevilla players wheeled away in celebration and cameras panned to Erik ten Hag, who tried his best to hide his bewilderment.

However, one could clearly see the disappointment on his face at Maguire's costly mistake.

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Erik Ten Hag looked upset after Maguire's blunder vs Sevilla. Photo: The Mirror.
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Legends of the game, such as Paul Scholes, did not hold back in criticising United, who were branded 'terrible' over the entire 90 minutes.

It remains to be seen whether Maguire will still be selected to start in the next game, which is the FA Cup semi-final against Brighton & Hove Albion.

The embattled defender has had to be brought in to replace Lisandro Martinez, who recently suffered a broken metatarsal that will likely keep him out for the remainder of the season.

Maguire tells De Gea off

Elsewhere, Sports Brief reported on an interesting incident involving Maguire and De Gea during United's clash with Sevilla.

The defender appeared to tell De Gea to 'shut up' as the keeper berated him for his inability to keep possession of the ball.

Maguire's time at Manchester has always been punctuated with high-profile errors but he is critical with two players injured.

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Rene Otinga is a sports journalist with over eight years of working experience in digital media. Rene's experience includes working as a Copywriter at X News Kenya and TUKO.co.ke.
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