Rio Ferdinand takes fresh swipe at Joshua Zirkzee after Harry Maguire's last-gasp Anfield miss
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Rio Ferdinand has blasted Joshua Zirkzee for his pass to Harry Maguire in Manchester United's draw with Liverpool that saw the centre-back miss a golden chance to win the game. United put in a spirited display at Anfield to draw 2-2 against Arne Slot's league leaders, going 1-0 up through Lisandro Martinez's strike before Liverpool turned the game on its head through Cody Gakpo and Mo Salah's goal from the spot.
But Ruben Amorim's side rallied as Amad Diallo scored a late equaliser to send the visitors' bench wild and earn a deserved point when many had predicted a heavy defeat amid their recent struggles. However, United could have won the game in stoppage time after Zirkzee cut the ball back to Maguire - only for the defender to agonisingly blaze over the bar.
Many fans blamed Maguire for the poor miss, though some argued the fault lied with Zirkzee for putting too much pace on the cross. That meant the ball bounced up awkwardly, with Maguire unable to keep the shot down. Former United centre-back Ferdinand was raging with Zirkzee and said he would have had words with him in the dressing room after the game if he was a player.
He told his Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast: "After all of it, I would have gone in the changing room and gone, 'Bruv, what type of stupidness was that?! What type of pass was that?! We could have won the game!'. "But Zirkzee is lacking in confidence so he [Maguire] ain’t going to do that. It’s detail, bro. You know what it’s like? Talk to somebody like you want to be talked to. Pass how you want to receive. Same thing.".
