{"id":215477,"date":"2025-10-21T12:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/215477\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:51:09","slug":"great-for-him-steve-bruce-argues-man-utd-scapegoat-is-finally-being-vindicated-after-never-letting-down-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/215477\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Great for him’… Steve Bruce argues Man Utd ‘scapegoat’ is finally being vindicated after never letting down club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Steve Bruce has admitted that he is \u201cdelighted\u201d for one key first-team Manchester United star under Ruben Amorim after the Red Devils\u2019 encounter with Liverpool.<\/p>\n

The Red Devils have climbed to ninth place in the Premier League after the October international break, with Manchester United beating Liverpool 2-1 on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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United made a strong start against Liverpool<\/a> and the Red Devils stunned the Anfield crowd after Bryan Mbeumo<\/a> broke the deadlock inside the opening five minutes.<\/p>\n

Liverpool were trailing for the majority of the Premier League contest before Cody Gakpo<\/a> tapped in a second-half equaliser against United<\/a> from close range.<\/p>\n

Ruben Amorim<\/a> watched on from the Anfield dugout as Harry Maguire<\/a> came to United\u2019s rescue late in the second half and scored the winner in the 84th minute.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Gary Lineker identifies two Man Utd stars who \u2018played really well\u2019 in 2-1 Liverpool win, another showed real \u2018awareness\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\"BrunoPhoto by Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesSteve Bruce makes a major defence of Harry Maguire after the Man Utd star\u2019s performance against Liverpool<\/p>\n

Bruno Fernandes<\/a> played a key part in Manchester United\u2019s winner against Liverpool after the Red Devils skipper floated in a sublime first-time cross into the box.<\/p>\n

Maguire found himself positioned under Bruno Fernandes\u2019 superb ball from the left and the former United captain<\/a> headed home the match-winner from close range.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old England international returned to the starting XI against Liverpool and Maguire impressed in the three-man backline across the 90 minutes at Anfield.<\/p>\n

Steve Bruce<\/a>, who managed England star Maguire at Hull City, has admitted that the ex-Red Devils skipper has been made a \u201cscapegoat\u201d during his time at Old Trafford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re all delighted for him because we all know him and we know that he\u2019s been made a bit of a scapegoat really for what else what\u2019s [sic] happened,\u201d he told \u2018The Good, The Bad & The Football\u2019 podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s ever really let United down really and I can\u2019t remember even letting England down either.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, it\u2019s been one of them where he\u2019s been the fall guy. Good for Harry. I\u2019m delighted that he\u2019s got the winner at Anfield, which can stay with him for a long, long time. Great for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Wayne Rooney didn\u2019t hesitate to name \u2018Man United\u2019s best player of the season,\u2019 his \u2018sacrifice\u2019 is not going unnoticed<\/a><\/p>\n

Harry Maguire\u2019s telling reaction to Man Utd\u2019s 2-1 Premier League win vs Liverpool at Anfield<\/p>\n

United\u2019s result against Liverpool is the first time that the club have won back-to-back Premier League matches under Ruben Amorim since his appointment in 2024.<\/p>\n

Speaking after Sunday\u2019s 2-1 win, Maguire refused to play down the scale of United securing all three points against defending Premier League champions Liverpool.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means everything,\u201d he told Sky Sports, as per Manchester United\u2019s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the old cliche, \u2018it\u2019s only three points,\u2019 but it\u2019s definitely not. It means a lot more than that to the boys, to the club, to the fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is only three points on the table, but to come here and do it over Liverpool, and like I said, they have been a top team over the years, and they\u2019ve been a lot better than us in recent years, so it\u2019s nice to get one over them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liverpool have now fallen to a third consecutive Premier League defeat \u2013 and four across all competitions \u2013 under Reds manager Arne Slot in the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Bruce has admitted that he is \u201cdelighted\u201d for one key first-team Manchester United star under Ruben Amorim…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,10798,221,101,92628,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-215477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-harry-maguire","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-steve-bruce","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}