In no time, social media sleuths had found the original image ( which Maguire had also posted on his Instagram) and were demanding answers.

Maguire’s moments of defensive diligence included holding the ball until Jordan Ayew advanced too far, then giving it to Fred, which enabled United to pass out of Palace’s press. Perhaps, on some level, the same qualities that fleetingly made Maguire a cult hero also made him a target: his visibility and thinly veiled eagerness, his willingness to put himself out there, to keep trying things, to keep volunteering for post-match interview duties. There were the cheers that greeted his substitution late on in United’s Champions League defeat at home to Atletico Madrid, not to mention the toxicity online.But the next move, he ignored the murmurs to carry the ball through midfield and send the ball out wide to Jadon Sancho. None of these notes so far have featured a World Cup semi finalist floating on a mythical creature, and in the interests of football's attempts to come home, who would be more appropriate to feature than Harry Maguire riding an inflatable unicorn?

It was the second game on this tour Maguire has played as the right centre-half, with Victor Lindelof switching to the left, and that would seem to be in preparation for Lisandro Martinez arriving as his partner. The same noise was clearer on his first touch, and each subsequent one — totalling five in the first six minutes. It was released in late September 2013 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo 3DS and Microsoft Windows.However, it wasn't long before people began to notice that something was a little bit odd about Maguire's chosen picture. All our Faces are Made from 350gsm Smooth Card (Nice and Thick) They are Full Colour Digitally Printed for High Quality. If the allocated width is met before the height, then the Mask will become slightly smaller than the 30cm. The atmosphere during the 3-1 win had altered so much that when he shot just wide from inside the box, the crowd greeted his image appearing on screen with cheers.