During their 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace in a preseason friendly in Melbourne, Manchester United's captain Harry Maguire received some jeers from the crowd.
Erik ten Hag, the new manager, has announced that Harry Maguire would serve as the team's captain this year. Lisandro Martinez, a new £57 million acquisition, will pair with the England international in the center of defense.
However, several spectators in the 76,499-strong audience at the Melbourne Cricket Ground voiced their opinions during United's triumph with 10 players.
Ten Hag's squad has received a tonne of support from Australian fans, some of whom have even traveled to Australia from the UK.
The concern will be that it follows United for the remainder of their preseason, which includes games in Perth on Saturday and Oslo on July 30, and then into the Premier League opener against Brighton at Old Trafford on August 7. Although it is difficult to know who was doing the booing, which was audible every time Maguire touched the ball inside the first half hour, the concern will be that it follows United.
Some supporters criticized Maguire after his subpar performance the previous season. After receiving a threat to his family in April, the 29-year-residence old's was searched by authorities.
Donny van de Beek, a midfielder for United, commented on the jeers: "I had no real idea what had transpired. But based on how I observed the game today, Harry seemed to be playing quite well".
"He was combative and had a tone of balls, which indicates a strong personality".
He has a lot of experience, which I believe was evident in his performance today.
Martial and Man Utd have continued their successful preseason.
Apart from the response to Maguire, there were a lot of positives from this victory for United, who improved their record to three victories in a row in preseason play and increased their goal total to 11.
Anthony Martial has scored in each of the three and benefited from Diogo Dalot's outstanding close control and accurate first-half cross.
After the break, United added two more outstanding team goals. Jadon Sancho and Martial exchanged passes before Martial connected with Donny van de Beek, whose low cut-back Marcus Rashford guided into the far corner.
After some strong work from Rashford and Fred, Sancho received the assist from Martial. The former Borussia Dortmund attacker then ran past the Palace defense and applied a deft finish.
The way Palace scored their goal was the one apparent flaw, as United goalkeeper David de Gea, who had assumed the captaincy after Ten Hag changed all of his outfield players, nevertheless enabled Joel Ward's delicate downward header to get in.
Will Fish, a 19-year-old who had flown out to take Axel Tuanzebe's place after the trip's leg via Bangkok, was dismissed during the last round for knocking Victor Akinwale to the ground when he was the last man.
Ebiowei is a bonus for the team's weakness Palace.
Ten Hag saw the last game of the previous campaign at Selhurst Park when Palace defeated United courtesy of a Wilfried Zaha strike.
Zaha is one of nine senior players from Palace who would not be traveling with them, which manager Patrick Vieira said was "not ideal."
After losing to Liverpool in Singapore, it was Palace's second straight loss on the trip. To make matters worse, goalkeeper Jack Butland appeared to have suffered a hand injury that required substantial strapping.
However, 18-year-old Malcolm Ebiowei, a summer recruit from Derby who United was interested in signing, put up a strong performance.
Following a superb move inside Fred and Tyrell Malacia, Ebiowei forced a low save from De Gea.
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