Harry Maguire blasts Man Utd for ‘not doing enough’ in dismal Brighton defeat
Harry Maguire has ripped into Manchester United's "not good enough" performance in their opening weekend defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion.
The Red Devils fell to a 2-1 loss at home to Brighton on Sunday afternoon, the first time that the Seagulls have ever won a competitive match at Old Trafford. A first half brace from Pascal Gross proved enough to seal all three points for Graham Potter's side, despite United pulling one back in the second half through an Alexis Mac Allister own goal.
United captain Maguire has slammed his side's performance, though, in what was new manager Erik ten Hag's first league match in charge.
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Speaking to Sky Sports after the match, he admitted: "We went into the game positive, we had a good pre-season and it was the worst possible start to be 2-0 down at half-time at Old Trafford.
"We got a goal back but we huffed and puffed a bit and it’s a bad start for us. We started pretty well and on the front foot and as a team we had control.
"Then we conceded the first goal and that knocked us badly. We need to look at not letting that first goal set us back as much as it did. It was a nightmare start to be 2-0 down at half-time.
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“We spoke about getting the next goal (at half-time). I think in the second half you saw good parts to our game but overall we didn’t do enough.
"We had a lot of pressure and a lot of ball but we need to be a bit more creative and we need to improve on that. It’s something we need to address or it’ll keep happening. The first goal felt like a big blow to all 11 of our players."
Maguire partnered new signing Lisandro Martinez in the centre of the United defence, but the debutant struggled to cope with the threat of Brighton striker Danny Welbeck.
The Argentine defender, who arrived from Ajax earlier this summer, was also fortunate not to concede a penalty at 2-0 after barging Welbeck to the floor.
United will look to bounce back from their opening defeat next weekend, when they travel to London to face Brentford on Saturday evening.
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