Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has offered his backing to England manager Gareth Southgate, insisting he remains confident that they can achieve something at the World Cup in Qatar later this year despite Tuesday evening's embarrassing 4-0 home defeat to Hungary.
After a defeat in Budapest and back-to-back draws against Germany and Italy in their first three outings of the recent crop of UEFA Nations League fixtures, Southgate's side had aspirations of getting back to winning ways and putting on a show for a sell-out crowd at Wolves' Molineux. However, they produced another toothless performance, suffering their worst home defeat since 1928 in the process.
The defeat, unsurprisingly, attracted a chorus of boos and widespread criticism after full-time, with the defeat to Hungary marking England's fourth successive game without scoring from open play. Their only goal over the course of the four Nations League matches came via the route of a Harry Kane penalty against Germany.
