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Maguire's brother reveals Man Utd defender told him he would score his 1st goal

  /  autty

Harry Maguire's brother Lawrence has revealed the Manchester United captain's text message to him saying he would score against Chelsea before it happened.

Lawrence, who plays for Chesterfield, posted a series of messages on Twitter.

Lawrence said: 'Set plays every chance for you tonight.'

To which the United centre back responded: 'Yes, I'm going to score around back tonight. Watch. In-swinging corner.'

And Maguire did just that as he headed home United's second goal of the night in a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge.

The 26-year-old was fortunate to escape a red card for kicking Michy Batshuayi in the groin, while Chelsea saw goals for Kurt Zouma and Olivier Giroud chalked off by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).

Anthony Martial buried United's sole chance of the first half as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men punished Chelsea's profligacy to register a first league double over the Blues in 32 years.

Batshuayi missed two glorious first-half chances, the Belgium striker deputising for England hitman Tammy Abraham who missed out with ongoing ankle issues.