Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martinez with the ref

Ten Hag sends message to Maguire

Erik ten Hag is adamant that he has faith in Manchester United captain Harry Maguire and is confident that the center-back will make a full recovery from his extended illness. ten Hag made these statements in a recent interview, because of his poor play over the past year and a half, Maguire was replaced by Raphael Varane in the Manchester United starting lineup in August. Since then, Maguire has only started one of the last six games.

The 29-year-old defender had a rough night for England during their 3-3 draw with Germany at Wembley on Monday night. He gave up a penalty and was dispossessed during the counterattack that led to Kai Havertz's goal, both of which contributed to England's poor performance.

Guardiola dismisses the controversy surrounding United's new summer signing.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has addressed the debate surrounding Lisandro Martinez’s height ahead of the visit of Manchester United by praising the defender.

Some people believe that the Argentine's height of 5 feet 9 inches will make it difficult for him to compete against the 6-foot-4-inch striker who plays for City, Erling Haaland. Jamie Carragher is one of the individuals who is concerned about the difference in height, and he advised Martinez to "keep away" from Haaland while they were competing on Sunday.

The striker for City has scored 14 goals in nine games for the Blues, and he also scored for Norway against Slovenia while they were on their international break. Even though only two of his goals have been scored via headers, there is some concern that his physicality on its own will be too much for the United defense to handle.