Micah Richards has defended England defender Harry Maguire following criticism from former Manchester United captain Roy Keane.
Keane labelled Maguire “embarrassing” following his objective celebration towards Albania on Friday night.
The 28-year-old slid on his knees and cupped his fingers behind his ears in a combative celebration to his objective in Friday’s World Cup qualifier, leaving the tv pundits to provide a scathing evaluation.
Maguire’s celebration was interpreted as hitting out at his critics from Man Utd’s poor kind, that has put Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s job on the road with the Pink Devils slipping to sixth within the Premier League desk.
Throughout ITV‘s half-time protection of the England match, Keane stated: “He thinks he’s shutting the critics up. However I believe It’s embarrassing.
“He’s been a shame the final couple months for Man Utd. He thinks if he scores there, he’s going to close his critics up. Embarrassing.”
Following the criticism, Maguire responded, saying his celebration “wasn’t directed at anybody”.
“No it wasn’t directed at anybody,” Maguire informed ITV Sport. “It was a knee slide, clearly I put my fingers on my ears, however in fact it’s not.
“I’m Manchester United captain, in fact I’m going to get criticism when the crew isn’t doing effectively. I totally count on that, however in fact it’s not directed at anybody.”
Maguire’s celebration was additionally referred to as into query by former Chelsea and Aston Villa participant Tony Cascarino.
Cascarino informed talkSPORT: “I assumed it was a bit infantile. I assumed, ‘Actually?’ You’ve acquired stick, however you haven’t play effectively sufficient to not get stick.”
On Keane’s criticism, the 59-year-old stated: “When he goes for you, he actually goes for you. I all the time snicker.
“Sadly for Harry, Roy has solely had a couple of months of watching him play badly. He’s most likely thought, ‘In case you do one thing such as you simply did, I’m going to present it to you’.”
Richards, then again, has defended the Man Utd captain, while criticising his Sky Sports activities colleague for his important feedback on Friday.
Folks: Footballers are like robots, they don’t have any persona!
Harry Maguire. Scores the opening objective for his nation, celebrates with actual ardour while referencing those that have been criticising him.
Folks: That is embarrassing pic.twitter.com/T7bfC0FphK
— Micah Richards (@MicahRichards) November 13, 2021
The ex-Manchester City defender said on Twitter: ‘Folks: Footballers are like robots, they don’t have any persona!
‘Harry Maguire. Scores the opening objective for his nation, celebrates with actual ardour while referencing those that have been criticising him.
‘Folks: That’s embarrassing.’