Steve Bruce’s advice for Harry Maguire was to play his way out of this troubled period. Be a man and front up, said his old Hull boss.
Well, the Manchester United captain listened. And that, ultimately, was to Newcastle and Bruce’s expense.
Maguire’s response to a week of scrutiny in which he was sent off for England was to pull his side level with a clever first-half header, cancelling out Newcastle’s 2nd-minute opener.
He then twice came close to scoring a winning goal before Bruno Fernandes belatedly fired the visitors in front four minutes from time.