Harry Maguire calls for England fans to throw their full support behind the Three Lions in the coming months
“I know we drew 0-0, but there’s positives to take, lots of good performances,” Maguire told talkSPORT’s Faye Carruthers in the immediate aftermath.
“Obviously lots of areas to improve as well. We take the positives and we work on the areas to improve. We know we can do better“And the chances that we’ve created warrant a lot more than one goal, so we’ve gotta be a little bit more clinical.”After a tough season with Manchester United, this is not something Maguire is unaccustomed to.“Well I know from playing at my club level that when you don’t win a football match, the criticism comes,” he said in response.
“We’ve reached a World Cup semi-final, we were a penalty a shootout away from lifting the Euros in our home country and giving the fans probably the best summer of their lives. “So obviously it’s frustrating not to score goals, we’ve created enough chances to score goals and we feel like we’re in a good place with areas to improve.”Asked about criticism of the manager Southgate, Maguire issued a renewed rallying cry to the England fans.“And I know when you start winning things and getting close, the expectations become higher and higher.“It’s been years since we were competitive in these top games.
“We’ve reached a World Cup semi-final when no-one thought we had a chance of going anywhere, the Euros final which was obviously a huge occasion under the biggest amount of pressure.“I think his record speaks for itself. I don’t need to speak too much about Gareth in terms of what he’s done for this country.“And then when you don’t win one in three games, then obviously there’s gonna be scrutiny.“The fans have always been brilliant, so get behind us like they do every tournament.