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​Maguire angry with Man Utd defending set pieces; rates Lindelof partnership

Manchester United captain Harry Maguire is not happy with how they defend set pieces.

Maguire spoke about how United have struggled to contain teams on set pieces all season.

The centre-back knows it is an area where they must improve if they want to turn tight defeats and draws into victories.

He also spoke about his partnership with Victor Lindelof this season.

"It's been brilliant [playing with Victor]," Maguire told United's official website, speaking from the club's warm weather training camp in Marbella.

"We've had a good season up to now together. When you form partnerships, it takes time. I'm learning his game and he's learning mine and I think we're getting better.

"We're keeping a lot more clean sheets than we were at the start of season and we've never really been a team which has conceded a lot of chances.

"We've been poor from set-plays with our defending and we've had a couple of great goals scored against us from outside the box, but we haven't really been having games where David [de Gea] has had to make five or six saves, apart from maybe the Carabao Cup second leg against [Manchester] City, when David was brilliant.

"It's a partnership that's building and I think we'll get better and better, and start keeping more clean sheets like we have been doing recently."

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