Man Utd 3-1 West Ham: Harry Maguire praised by Erik ten Hag as hosts reach FA Cup quarter-finals

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Manchester United manager Erik 10 Hag praised nine skipper Harry Maguire's "really high" accomplishment level and revealed helium had shown the defender videos successful an effort to amended his performance.

Maguire was backmost successful the broadside aft not starting successful the 2-0 Carabao Cup last triumph implicit Newcastle astatine Wembley.

"He had immoderate truly bully moments, helium had a bully performance," said Ten Hag.

"He took the inaugural successful and retired of possession, helium was demanding the ball, I person to springiness him coaching and instructions.

"I showed him a video [of his performances and of different players] connected however to outplay opponents and however to person much of an impact. His skills are truly precocious - for a centre-back helium has truthful galore skills and helium has to usage that."

Maguire, who turns 30 connected Sunday, 5 March, has lone started 5 Premier League games this season, contempt being a regular successful England's squad astatine some Euro 2020 and past winter's World Cup.

Former United skipper Roy Keane, speaking connected ITV, felt Maguire has to person a beardown extremity to the play to prevention his Old Trafford career.

"It was a large nighttime for Harry, immoderate mistake helium makes volition beryllium highlighted," added Keane. "He is playing for his aboriginal astatine the infinitesimal arsenic helium has a large summertime coming up.

"I person been precise hard connected him successful the past due to the fact that of the mistakes helium makes, but helium is simply a bully character."

Ex-Chelsea and England attacker Joe Cole, besides speaking connected ITV, added: "There are nary worries astir his personality.

"Remember the unit of the World Cup? He won't privation to beryllium 3rd of 4th choice, helium volition privation to involvement a claim.

"He mightiness person a large relation to play present and [to] the extremity of the season."

United person already won the Carabao Cup, look Fulham successful the FA Cup quarter-finals, play Real Betis successful the past 16 of the Europa League and are 3rd successful the Premier League.

West Ham led done Said Benrahma's onslaught and were 13 minutes distant from a memorable win, earlier an ain extremity from Nayef Aguerd and precocious efforts from Alejandro Garnacho and Fred sealed the Red Devils' comeback.

Ten Hag felt this triumph was again a motion of United's warring spirit.

He added: "Again the squad showed personality, character, ne'er gave up and turned astir the crippled and won.

"It's precise important, a monolithic show from our squad and wherever we showed our mentality. We showed we person the quality to woody with hard situations, the squad tin support going with energy.

"It's not astir 11 players, the seat tin person an impact.

"They judge they tin triumph games and erstwhile again they did it and I'm blessed with that process. This squad does not amusement panic and tin alteration the dynamic of the game."

On Argentine teen Garnacho, who scored United's 2nd extremity successful the 90th minute, Ten Hag said: "It was different measurement for him. I said earlier the crippled you person to person an interaction arsenic a starter and I deliberation helium is susceptible of that.

"It's a large accomplishment erstwhile you're fearless and brave. There's not truthful galore players that tin instrumentality connected a subordinate and dribble - and helium has much skills than that. He has a large vigor and is accelerated and tin support connected running."

'We had a large accidental and blew it'

David Moyes reacts to decision against Manchester United

West Ham manager David Moyes was disappointed they failed to flooded his erstwhile nine and scope the past 8 for the archetypal clip since 2016.

He said: "We had a large accidental to get done and blew it. I thought we had a large accidental to get through, I truly did, but we couldn't spot it through.

"We gave distant 2 ridiculous goals. We had moments erstwhile we could've got the crippled and I thought the worst we would get retired of the crippled was other time.

"Michail Antonio had 2 one-on-ones with the goalkeeper, they were truly large chances. For agelong periods, 60-70% of it, we had bully power of the game.

"I told the players I'm much disappointed we couldn't get done and we had a large accidental to sound United out. We didn't bash the basics good enough, immoderate truly elemental things."

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