Maguire received 10 points, helping the Premier League go down in history

MU was disappointed when they let bottom team Sheffield open the score at Old Trafford in the 35th minute. But fortunately, they still had Harry Maguire. First, he scored the equalizer for MU in the 42nd minute.

Just like that, Maguire has turned the 2023/24 Premier League into a historic season. Maguire’s strike was the 1,085th goal scored in the Premier League season, the most in a 20-team season in the competition’s history.

Returning to Maguire, he played the role of MU’s “savior” twice. In the 61st minute, he scored a penalty for MU and thanks to that, Bruno Fernandes put his name on the scoreboard to equalize the score 2-2 for the club before opening the door to win 3 points at the end of the match.

In the past 90 minutes, the 31-year-old player achieved an absolute 100% successful dispute rate. He had 101 passes with 91% accuracy. Sofascore gave Maguire a score of 8.5 – the second highest in the match, only less than Bruno Fernandes.

If Maguire is the fulcrum for MU’s defense today, Bruno Fernandes, as usual, is still the leader in attack. He had 2 goals and 1 assist to help the Old Trafford team come back to defeat Sheffield United with a score of 4-2.

In addition, the Portuguese midfielder also launched up to 9 passes to create opportunities for teammates (key passes), 8/12 accurate long passes and 5 crosses to the correct address. With a huge influence on the gameplay and the match results, Sofascore gave Bruno a perfect score of 10.

Man Utd beat Sheffield 4-2 in the make-up match of round 29 of the Premier League, thereby rising to 6th place. As for MU, they also have a bad statistic.

By allowing Sheffield United to concede a second goal in the 50th minute, Ten Hag’s team lost more than 50 goals in 2 of the last 3 Premier League seasons.

But not only MU, Sheffield United is equally bad. Sheffield United have conceded 90 goals in the Premier League this season, the most in a 38-match season in the competition’s history.

Currently, Sheffield United is sinking deep at the bottom of the Premier League table. After 34 matches, they only won 16 points, 7 points behind the team ranked above with only 4 rounds left in the season. The door to return to the Championship has opened for Sheffield United.

If they win against Sheffield United at home, and Newcastle stumble at Crystal Palace in the match at the same time in round 29, MU will take 6th place on the Magpies’ 2023/24 Premier League rankings. Thanks to that, MU will also revive the opportunity to have a ticket to the European Cup next season even if it is only the 2024/25 Conference League play-off round.

Luckily for MU, when they beat Sheffield United, Newcastle suddenly lost 0-2 to Crystal Palace. Thus, MU with 53 points officially regained 6th place from Newcastle.

In theory, MU still has a chance to participate in the 2024/25 Europa League if they win against Man City in the FA Cup final. But if they lose to Green Man and maintain their current 6th place, MU will participate in the 2024/25 Conference League tournament.