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Manchester United has entered the new Premier League season under the weight of failure to lure Argentine Paulo Dybala of Juventus and the abandonment of Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku to the Inter Milan, but the newcomer Harry Maguire has given reason to the "Red Devils".
In his first appearance as the world 's most expensive defender after his signing by United of Leicester City for an 80 – million – pound deal, Maguire presented a compelling performance in which he showed optimism that he' s in a good position. he could solve the defense problems encountered last season.
Despite United pressure on Sunday at home against Chelsea, Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, trapped in his own zone, especially in the first half, the defense survived under newcomer Maguire, who was named the best player of the match and behind him the Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea.
At the final whistle and unlike the match, United emerged from its first test of the new season with the biggest win against Chelsea in the league since March 13, 1965, having swept it with a record of four, the same result that ended their match 54 years ago.
Contrary to the general opinion of United's supporters at the end of Thursday, the summer transfer window has ended in England with only three signatures (Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bisaka and Daniel Welsh) and the management's no. Failed to compensate Lukaku for another attacker. Solskjaer confirmed on the eve of the first match that he was optimistic. New
The Norwegian was right, at least for the first game, as the newcomers played an important role in Sunday's win, which was the biggest win against Chelsea since the 1994 Cup final (also 4-0) , whether it is the foundations of Maguire and Wan-Besaka, or James At the end of the meeting, he scored the fourth goal for his new team.
Marcus Rashford, double, and Frenchman Anthony Marcial, who also scored on Sunday, also showed that they could badume their duties without Lukaku, with the support of French midfielder Paul Pogba.
Having only kept two blank sheets at home last season, United has come half way to compensate for this negative figure, thanks to the efforts of Maguire, who hopes to play a role parallel to that played by the Dutch Virgil van Dijk in Liverpool, champion of Europe.
Solskjaer spoke of the former Leicester defender's performance during his first official appearance under the Red Devils' jersey, claiming he "had done exactly what we expected of him when we l & # 39; 39; planes contracted: his presence in the penalty areas (defense and attack), calm and calm with the ball.
Maguire was not the only star to resist pressure from Chelsea, but goalkeeper De Gea attempted to make up for the many fouls he made last season and helped him out. absence of his team of the Champions League by sixth.
De Gea held the captain's armband in the absence of Ashley Young, who only sat on the bench for Wan-Besaka and deserved it, pushing Solskjaer to praise his "contribution to the ball and without the ball".
He also rebadured United's Pogba Sunday, which has angered the crowd since the end of last season, suggesting that he wanted to leave Old Trafford. Among the reports of Real Madrid's willingness to sign it, Pogba remains, at least until now, among the red shirts, as the transfer window is still open in Spain until 2 September.
In the absence of midfielder options, it is unlikely that United will allow the Frenchman to realize his dream of going to Real and deny him the services of a player capable of to make a difference, as he had done on Sunday when he played a crucial role in two of his four goals.
On the offensive, with the departure of Lukaku and the marginalization of Chilean Alexis Sanchez because of his low level, the weight will be borne by Rashford and Marcial, who showed in the opening match that they could improve their record of last season, with respectively 13 and 12 goals.
If both players continue to play at this level and the goal instinct on Sunday, they could lead United to miss expectations and compete for the title after the season before the Champions League qualifiers under Manchester City champions , finalists Liverpool and London trio Chelsea Tottenham and Arsenal.
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