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Gary Neville has blasted Manchester United’s efficiency in opposition to Brentford, labelling it as “horrible”.
The Purple Devils seemed like lower-division underdogs in opposition to the Bees on Saturday night as their purpose was peppered with 31 pictures and a cricket-score defeat was solely prevented by a mixture of Andre Onana’s brilliance, the woodwork and profligate ending by Thomas Frank’s males.
It even seemed as if United would come away with all three factors when Mason Mount scored a smash-and-grab purpose deep into damage time.
However seconds after play resumed, the pitiful defence’s luck lastly ran out and Brentford equalised after one other shambolic lapse of focus.
Talking on Sky Sports activities the next day (by way of The Each day Mail), former United skipper Neville mentioned he was shocked by what he had seen on the Gtech Neighborhood stadium.
“I … couldn’t imagine actually what I used to be watching,” Neville mentioned.
“I assumed [United] would put a little bit of strain on Tottenham and Villa [to try to qualify for Champions League places]. It’s really actually troublesome to play that badly.
“I can’t consider any level in that recreation, possibly the primary couple of minutes, the place they did something effectively in any respect.
“It was a horrible efficiency to the purpose the place when Mason Mount scored, I believe we could have needed to begin a petition to offer Brentford two factors again.
“It was absolute theft… I can’t clarify that efficiency, I’ve no thought the place it comes from. Very worrying that you could go to that degree of low.”
Neville in contrast United to Arsenal, who had simply secured a 0-0 draw in opposition to Manchester Metropolis on the Etihad, saying that the Purple Devils fully lacked the work ethic that the Gunners displayed.
“That was a dismal, dismal effort in an try to play soccer, in an try to work as laborious as you presumably can. Whenever you give the ball away, their response is non-existent. They are surely one of many worst groups out of possession,” he mentioned.
He blasted the United aspect for having no “unity”. “There’s no thought of easy methods to defend or easy methods to play with out the ball,” Neville raged.
The pundit wouldn’t discover many United followers disagreeing along with his phrases. On the again of a well-known victory in opposition to Liverpool, the mindset of the beginning XI on Saturday was nearly unimaginable to know.
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