Harry Maguire admits “embarrassment” as woeful record at Man Utd finally ends

Harry Maguire has admitted to feeling "embarrassed" after finally ending Manchester United's woeful record from corners this season.

Prior to Sunday's win away to Leeds United, the Red Devils had taken 139 corners without scoring in the Premier League, despite hiring a specific set-piece coach in the summer.

The club had been the subject of ridicule after struggling to score from corners this season following the arrival of Eric Ramsay in pre-season.

However, their baron run from corners has now come to an end after Maguire headed home a Luke Shaw delivery to give United the lead at Elland Road on Sunday.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the match, Maguire reflected on the unwanted record and admitted it was "embarrassing".

"Every time I see the stat I feel embarrassed myself," explained the United captain.

"I’m a big part in that set-play routine and trying to score from corners but as a team, as a group, we’ve been nowhere near good enough.

"It’s a big part of the game and for sure if we score more from corners and set-plays we’ll be higher in the table.

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"I know you can play all this pretty football but set-plays are a massive part of the game and this season’s been nowhere near good enough on that behalf."

Bruno Fernandes added to Maguire's goal to give United a 2-0 lead at half-time before Leeds pegged them back in dramatic fashion with two goals inside 30 seconds.

Substitutes Fred and Anthony Elanga were able to rescue all three points, though, as they came off the bench to score and seal a 4-2 win.

On sealing victory, Maguire added: "Yeah, I think that’s the most pleasing aspect of the game. We got to start the second-half better for sure.

"The first goal is obviously really lucky on their behalf, it gets them right back in the game and then they scored a good goal and we had to fight back, we had to stick together.

"We knew it was a tough place to come but we knew we had the qualities to hurt them. We spoke about it at half-time that we need to score more goals in the second-half and we managed to do that."

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