Rio Ferdinand names the Man United participant he’d search out within the dressing room after Harry Maguire’s final gasp miss in opposition to Liverpool

Rio Ferdinand has singled out one Man United star for criticism after the side’s 2-2 draw against Liverpool on Sunday.

With 20 seconds to go in the Premier League clash, Joshua Zirkzee cut back the ball in the area to Harry Maguire, who blasted it over the bar with his first-time effort.

Had it gone in, United would have been primed to win their first game at Anfield since 2016 after Lisandro Martinez and Amad Diallo‘s goals earlier in the half.

Opinions were divided on who was to blame for the late miss – with some attributing it to Zirkzee’s pass and others critiquing Maguire’s finish.

Now, Ferdinand has weighed in on the situation and suggested the Zirkzee was to blame and that Maguire would’ve felt justified confronting the Dutchman post-match.

Speaking on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, he said: ‘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!”.

Harry Maguire missed a huge chance to give Manchester United a last-ditch win at Liverpool 

The defender blasted the ball over the bar with just second remaining on the clock

However, Rio Ferdinand insisted the defender was not to blame for the late miss at Anfield

‘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.’

Ferdinand also took time to praise three United stars who helped battle for Ruben Amorim’s side in the clash at Anfield.

‘I thought Ugarte was brilliant yesterday. I thought Mazraoui was brilliant, Dalot was top yesterday,’ he added.

‘But I don’t want to see good seven or eight out of ten this week and then four or five out of ten next week. That’s the benchmark, let’s keep it there and maintain it.

‘It’s easy to get up for Anfield. Where you’re going to get your questions answered, really, is Southampton next week.

‘But what they have to go back to is: what got us that result? We f***ing grafted, we got after people.

‘Sir Alex Ferguson said one of the proudest thing about all his teams was when the manager of an opposition team would come into his office after a game and go, “Phwoar, as good as your players are, all these names you’ve got, they run like a Conference team”.

‘So going back to that, making sure that’s on point, will put these guys in a good place.

Ferdinand suggested that Joshua Zirkzee’s (right) pass to Maguire was not up to standard

The England international watched as his effort sailed over the crossbar on Sunday evening

‘I thought yesterday was the first game that I’ve seen where it all came together as one in terms of effort, application, desire, commitment, which was a requirement here’. 

Sky Sports pundits Roy Keane and Daniel Sturridge clashed over whether Maguire should have finished as the ball from Zirkzee took a bobble. 

Sturridge said: ‘Don’t bobble it into him, you’ve got all the time in the world.’

Keane added: ‘Know your players, expect the bobble. He’s not going to zip it into you perfectly. You’ve got to hit the target Harry. If it hits the target, no problem.’

‘He passed it as if he was cutting it back to shoot. We’re talking about an international player,’ former Reds striker Sturridge responded