On Man Utd finally scoring from a corner after 139 unsuccessful attempts in a row, Maguire admitted: “I’m embarrassed by the stat.

“I’m a big part of that set play routine but as a team we’ve been nowhere near good enough. If we scored more from set pieces we’d be higher up the table.”

On the dismal weather conditions that saw players sliding this way and that and the ball struggle to roll on the rain-drenched surface, the defender admitted: “They were really bad.

“We came out at the start of the second half and tried to play the same way, but got caught in it. It was old school, I’m sure it was good to watch but thankfully we came out on top.”