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Steven Railston

Harry Maguire's England statistic highlights his biggest Manchester United problem

Harry Maguire has scored more goals for England than he has for any club in the Premier League.

Maguire has struggled for form this season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, however, he's played well across the international break for England - albeit against weaker opposition - and he became the Three Lions' highest-scoring defender of all-time on Monday night.

The United captain scored a header to take his international tally to seven goals, which surpassed John Terry's haul of six.

The goal also meant that only Harry Kane [12] has scored more headed goals than Maguire [six] for England this calendar year.

The general consensus among United supporters is that Maguire reserves his best form for England and this statistic reaffirms that observation. Maguire enjoyed an excellent Euro 2020 and yet he's looked a shadow of the player in a United shirt this season.

In the Manchester derby defeat against Manchester City, Maguire and Shaw were at fault for Pep Guardiola's side's second goal as both players' positional awareness was poor for the goal and both defenders suffered clear lapses of concentration.

Roy Keane described Maguire's celebration against Albania as 'embarrassing' last week and he slammed the centre-back.

"When a player scores, puts his hands to his ears he's like shutting the critics up, I think that's embarrassing, he's been a disgrace to Man United. He thinks he scores there, he's shut his critics up, embarrassing," Keane said.

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