The England captain believes the Man United defender has come under 'unnecessary scrutiny' in recent months
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00:00 H has come under some really unnecessary scrutiny.
00:05 Probably been scapegoated a little bit in terms of
00:09 the way the team have gone over recent times.
00:15 So, yeah, I know he's a really good friend of mine.
00:18 He's a great guy, a really hardworking professional.
00:21 From an England point of view, being one of our best defenders in
00:26 recent times, and I'd go as far to say one of our best defenders over
00:29 the history of our country in an England shirt.
00:34 So, yeah, it's part of our game now.
00:37 It's part of football.
00:38 You're scrutinised all over on social media, etc.
00:42 But knowing him, all you want to do is work harder and improve and get better
00:47 and stay focused.
00:48 And we're fully behind him as a national team.
00:51 I know the coach come out and backed him fully.
00:55 So there's always going to be noise around players.
00:57 And the important thing is that we have a really strong core within our team
01:01 with England.
01:02 And, yeah, that's the most important thing going into big games and big tournaments.