Harry Maguire has admitted that he and fellow centre-back Lisandro Martinez want to test themselves in situations like the one that developed towards the end of Manchester United's 1-0 win over West Ham United at the end of last month.
After Marcus Rashford had netted his 100th goal in United colours shortly before half-time to put the Reds in front, Erik ten Hag's side faced an attacking bombardment in the second half. West Ham went up through the gears and started to pepper the United goal as the clock ticked towards the 90-minute mark.
It required goalkeeper David de Gea to pull off a string of fine saves, the best of which denied Kurt Zouma and then England international Declan Rice, while the defenders in front of him put their bodies on the line to preserve the Spaniard's clean sheet. Diogo Dalot, Maguire and Martinez all excelled in the situation, not least Dalot, who produced more than one excellent headed clearance to deny Michail Antonio what looked like being certain goals.
