Harry Maguire calls for ‘big reaction’ after Man Utd stunned by late Fulham loss

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Harry Maguire referred to as for a “large response” after Manchester United had been surprised by a late Fulham winner at Previous Trafford.

Alex Iwobi netted within the seventh minute of stoppage time as Fulham snatched a 2-1 Premier League victory on Saturday after it appeared Maguire had salvaged a degree for the hosts.

Fulham dominated many of the contest and deservedly led by means of Calvin Bassey’s Sixty fifth-minute strike, however United produced a powerful end.

Maguire equalised when he pounced on a rebound within the 89th minute and Erik Ten Hag’s males had been pushing for a late clincher themselves once they had been caught on the break and Iwobi completed them off.

The defeat ended United’s four-game successful run within the league and dented their hopes of reaching the highest 4.

United are again in motion once they journey to Nottingham Forest within the FA Cup on Wednesday earlier than taking over rivals Manchester Metropolis subsequent weekend.

“We all know it’s going to be a troublesome sport in midweek,” defender Maguire informed MUTV. “Our full focus is on that one. We’ve acquired to bounce again.

“We didn’t do sufficient over the 90 minutes to get the win.”@HarryMaguire93 on the late defeat to Fulham #MUFC || #MUNFUL

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“A giant response is required. It’s going to be a troublesome sport however we’ve acquired to go there and produce a efficiency like we did there final 12 months.”

Maguire admitted United had been caught out in the long run however mentioned pushing for the win appeared the suitable strategy on the time.

He mentioned: “This season we’ve scored quite a few late targets, quite a few late winners. So we had nice perception that we had been going to go on to win the sport.

“Clearly in hindsight, now we will all sit right here and say that we should always have been extra cautious. We had been far too naive.

“We will look again and I’m certain we’ll assess it by way of areas that we will enhance on however, finally, over the 90 minutes we didn’t do sufficient to win the sport.”

Mid-table Fulham have been inconsistent all through the season and the victory was solely their second of their final six league video games.

But Iwobi believes the style of the efficiency and the way in which they obtained the end result ought to give them a giant confidence increase.

The previous Everton and Arsenal midfielder, who just lately returned from Africa Cup of Nations obligation, informed the membership’s web site, fulhamfc.com: “I’m over the moon proper now.

“To come back again into the staff and get a win now at Previous Trafford, large stadium like this – no higher feeling and totally deserved as effectively.