Harry Maguire was seen limping away from Villa Park in protective boots after the defender was forced off at half-time in Man United’s 0-0 draw with Aston Villa.
He left Villa Park in a plastic boot after a club doctor helped him off the pitch.
It was a surprise that Manchester United started the England defender in Sunday’s big Premier League game, which finished 0-0. He was taken off at halftime.
During a Villa set piece right before halftime, Maguire’s knee looked like it had locked up.
As keeper Andre Onana helped him to the benches, the back of his sock was completely torn, and a huge hole showed his whole calf.
Maguire was holding his calf before three members of Manchester United’s medical staff helped him off the pitch after the referee blew his whistle.
The Telegraph says the England centre back left Villa Park in a protective boot, which made Erik ten Hag worry about his health.
After a hard tackle on Leon Bailey in the first half, Maguire’s teammate Jonny Evans also looked like he was having a tough time, but he went on to win Man of the Match.
Instead, Matthijs de Ligt and Victor Lindelof were brought on during the halftime break to replace Maguire and Noussair Mazraoui.
In the 36th minute, Maguire got a yellow card for leaning into Ollie Watkins’ face with his arm. He will now be tested to see how bad his injury is.
The 31-year-old didn’t go to Euro 2024 because his leg kept hurting.
Manchester United will have to wait a long time to see their former captain again. On Thursday, Ten Hag’s team tied 3-3 with Porto in the Europa League thanks to a last-second goal.
Ten Hag is under more and more pressure to keep his job after a terrible start to the season.
This week, SunSport said that the Dutchman had two games to show Old Trafford’s managers how good he was.
But after a pretty calm first 45 minutes from both teams, Villa turned up the heat when Maguire left the pitch.
When Marcus Rashford lunged at Bailey right before he was taken off in the 64th minute, he was lucky not to get a second yellow card.
When Bruno Fernandes had a chance to score for the away team, his powerful free kick hit the wall in the 68th minute.
But even though there were clear changes to the Red Devils’ defence, they played bravely. However, both teams were really bad from now on.
It was a very important game for Ten Hag, but there was no winner. For now, the Dutchman can’t change his fate because Man Utd are in 14th place, 10 points behind leaders Liverpool.
