Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has praised the match winner against Fulham Paul Pogba for his recent form and also the squad mentality.
The Reds beat Fulham away from home after conceding first in the premier league midweek game, goals from Edinson Cavani and Paul Pogba sent them to the top of the league table.
The skipper was full of praise for the French man after his shot from outside the 18-yard box gave United the second last night.
The England international spoke to the media after the win at Craven Cottage.
“Paul doesn’t have a weak foot,” the defender explained, when asked about the winning strike.
“You can see Paul, over the last month or so, he’s starting to get his fitness back and credit to Paul, coming back into the team and doing what he’s doing at the moment is great for us. He’s a big part of the dressing room, he’s a big player for us. We know he can produce moments of brilliance. For sure, I hope he carries on and I’m sure he will.”
Maguire stated that they had to defend very well 10 to 15 minutes to the end of the game to give them a the victory they deserved.
“Yeah, definitely,” Maguire told media. “Obviously, the last 10 to 15 minutes, we had to dig in and we defended well, [and] defended the box well. Obviously, they had the chance where it hits Eric [Bailly] and goes just past the post, thankfully. But for sure, we deserved the three points.
“We started the game sloppy but the reaction was brilliant. We’ve got to start the game better, we’ll look to get better, but the reaction was brilliant. We put them under a lot of pressure and it felt like a goal was coming. We felt like we deserved the three points.”
