Maguire 'lucky to stay on the pitch' says Ferdinand in Man Utd draw

Rio Ferdinand believes Harry Maguire's poor performance played a big role in Manchester United dropping more Premier League points at Burnley, but insists the whole team need to take responsibility.

United were comfortably leading at Turf Moor following a first half Paul Pogba strike in a dominant opening 45 minutes.

But after half-time, Burnley hit back as Wout Weghorst skillfully turned Maguire before playing in Jay Rodriguez who held off the United skipper to slip home an equaliser and earn a 1-1 draw.

Later in the game, Maguire was booked for purposefully bringing down Rodriguez while the striker was about to run in on goal, with debate surrounding whether he should have been sent off for denying a goal scoring opportunity.

Ferdinand claimed that Magurie has looked inconsistent all season for the Red Devils, and that the England defender will know he can perform better. 

'The goal was poor on Harry’s part,' Ferdinand said on BT Sport. 'He will take responsibility for that. He needs to iron it out. Even the challenge he made over the halfway line. He’s lucky to have stayed on the pitch.

'It’s a performance he won’t be happy with. I don’t know if it’s a hangover from the Euros, physically and mentally. There hasn’t been the consistency from a player of his stature this season. We can level it at Harry Maguire but this whole team has to take responsibility.' 

Describing Burnley's equaliser, Ferdinand continued: 'There’s McTominay, he’s your protection, all he’s got to do, Maguire, is keep pushing him away, he hasn’t got to overcommit, as soon as he over commits, it’s a great piece of skill, this pass is sublime, if Kevin de Bruyne does that [Weghorst pass] we’ll all be going crazy.

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