{"id":2001,"date":"2026-04-29T04:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2026-04-29T04:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:42:26","slug":"harry-maguire-achieves-landmark-milestone-in-win-vs-brentford-man-united-news-and-transfer-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2001","title":{"rendered":"Harry Maguire achieves landmark milestone in win vs. Brentford &#8211; Man United News And Transfer News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"penci-post-entry-inner\">\n<p>\t\t\t<i class=\"penci-post-countview-number-check\" style=\"display:none\">1<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--Article Start--><br \/>Manchester United defender Harry Maguire achieved a special career feat in the club\u2019s 2-1 victory against Brentford on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<h3>Maguire dazzles<\/h3>\n<p>Michael Carrick\u2019s appointment as the temporary replacement for Ruben Amorim has elevated Maguire to become one of United\u2019s most important players.<\/p>\n<p>He has started every game under Carrick that he has been available for. Having been suspended for the Leeds and Chelsea matches, Maguire made his return to the starting XI vs. Brentford. He partnered Ayden Heaven, forming a superb duo that was crucial to securing all three points.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond his assist for Casemiro\u2019s opening goal, Maguire contributed eight clearances, three recoveries and blocked one shot.<\/p>\n<p>He also won all four ground duels that he delved into and lost just one of the six that he vied for in the air.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Harry Maguire\u2019s duelling vs. Brentford\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>On the ground:<\/p>\n<p>Won<br \/>Won<br \/>Won<br \/>Won<\/p>\n<p>In the air:<\/p>\n<p>Won<br \/>Lost<br \/>Won<br \/>Won<br \/>Won <\/p>\n<p>Dominant display. \ud83e\udea8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pV9RWVn7kX\">pic.twitter.com\/pV9RWVn7kX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StatmanDave\/status\/2048870203686002958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The England international recently put pen to paper on a contract extension with the Red Devils and he is certainly showing no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>Maguire undoubtedly has one eye on being a mainstay for the Three Lions during this summer\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>United have confirmed that Maguire\u2019s appearance against Keith Andrews\u2019 men marked the 600th of his professional career.<\/p>\n<h3>Landmark achievement<\/h3>\n<p>Maguire broke into the Sheffield United first team before he moved to Hull City and stepped up to the Premier League in 2014\/15.<\/p>\n<p>He then spent a loan spell in the Championship with Wigan Athletic before going on to become a Premier League fixture, first back at Hull and later with Leicester City.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s from Leicester that United forked out \u00a380m to sign him, a world-record fee for a defender.<\/p>\n<p>It hasn\u2019t always been plain sailing for him at Old Trafford, having faced numerous challenges on and off the pitch. Yet it\u2019s impossible to deny that he\u2019s now playing some of his best football and has truly found himself again.<\/p>\n<p>266 of Maguire\u2019s 600 appearances have come in a United shirt.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old and his teammates are next in action on Sunday when they host bitter rivals Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p><em>Feature image Naomi Baker via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The Peoples Person has been one of the world\u2019s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Manchester United defender Harry Maguire achieved a special career feat in the club\u2019s 2-1&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}