Former Manchester United defender, Peter Schmeichel, has said that one player has ‘all the attributes’ to become the captain at Old Trafford after their shock 2-1 win over Liverpool.
Manchester United, who had not won at Anfield since 2015, beat the Reds in front of their fans, to hand them their fourth straight defeat in a row.
Bryan Mbeumo put the Red Devils in front within two minutes of the game before Liverpool equalised after the break though Cody Gakpo.
United went on to secure the win through Harry Maguire’s late header.
Schmeichel was impressed with Maguire’s performance and all-around leadership that Maguire provided.
He then urged Amorim to strip Bruno Fernandes of the captain’s armband and hand it back to the Englishman.
“I can’t praise him enough. I want Harry Maguire to play every game. I want him to be the captain, he’s got all the attributes of a good Manchester United leader,”:he told Viaplay at full-time.
“He’s not the quickest, I’ll agree with that, and he’s got some trouble on the turn, but Man Utd have had defenders like that before.
“But what they always had next to them were quick players and that’s what we don’t have at the moment.
“I think he should be the number one defender and he can organise everybody. He talks to everybody and gives them confidence, and I think that is important. Somebody who stands out all the time and takes responsibility, because I think that has been a problem in this team.
“I think Bruno is a fantastic player, plays maybe in the wrong position, but sometimes I don’t like his body language. I know he talks really well to all the players but sometimes he has reactions that can be mistaken for something else.
“Harry doesn’t have that, he has that calm head. I was saying during the game: ‘Look at Harry, look at how he is telling everyone where to go and helping players’.
“And there are a lot of players in this team that are so low on confidence that they need help. And then Harry plays and I’m so happy he scored that goal.”
