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​Man Utd hero Neville tells Solskjaer starting Maguire was 'biggest mistake'

Manchester United legend Gary Neville believes manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's decision to start Harry Maguire against Leicester City was a fatal mistake.

Maguire was at fault for nearly all of Leicester's four goals in the 4-2 home win over United in the Premier League on Saturday.

The clash was Magiure's first appearance in nearly a month due to injury problems.

He looked off the pace throughout the contest, which is why Neville felt he should not have started in the first place.

"On Saturday, the biggest mistake that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made that I could think of watching that game again was the selection of Harry Maguire," Neville said on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football.

"He was absolutely nowhere near. We were talking earlier about when we've had one of those games in our career where we're not fit, nowhere near it.

"I think picking him in the first place was a big problem. Maybe the panic of not having [Raphael] Varane and Maguire caused him to do that, but then not taking him off at half-time because it wasn't just the goals that Harry Maguire was involved in. Just generally, he was nowhere near it."

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