Patience a virtue for Harry Maguire as Man Utd defender fights for place

The England centre half looked to be on the way out of Old Trafford last summer.

BACK IN THE FRAME: Manchester United's Harry Maguire celebrates after the final whistle.

A season in which Harry Maguire might reasonably have expected to not be playing for Manchester United continued with the England defender cementing his position as Erik ten Hag’s in-form current star.

That, in itself, speaks volumes about the problems facing the United manager after Victor Lindelof’s second-half goal secured an unconvincing win over a poor Luton side.