Gary Neville made an sincere admission to a Sky Sports activities commentator after seeing the Manchester United v Tottenham workforce sheet for the primary time.
United suffered a dismal 3-0 defeat to Spurs at Previous Trafford on Sunday, sparking critical hypothesis over the way forward for under-fire supervisor Erik ten Hag.
Tottenham have been forward inside 4 minutes as Micky van de Ven was allowed to storm into the United field from his personal half and put it on a plate for Brennan Johnson on the again put up.
Manchester United have been second finest for nearly the whole thing of the opening 45 minutes and their job bought that bit more durable when Bruno Fernandes was despatched off for a late sort out on England midfielder James Maddison.
Spurs doubled their benefit virtually instantly after half-time by way of Dejan Kulusevski earlier than Dominic Solanke added a 3rd for the guests.
Previous Trafford legend Neville was optimistic about Manchester United’s possibilities within the days main as much as the match however says his confidence drained after seeing the workforce sheet.
‘I bought the workforce sheet earlier than the sport and I used to be assured about Manchester United coming to the sport right this moment,’ Neville stated on his Sky Sports activities podcast to soccer commentator Peter Drury.
‘However I bought the workforce sheet and I believe I stated it to you truly within the Sky Sports activities truck, I appeared on the groups and I assumed, Tottenham’s workforce is best.
‘I stated that earlier than the sport. I do know it’s a easy factor however you’ve bought these concepts concerning the sport beforehand however then you definitely have a look at groups and suppose Tottenham’s is best and I’d truly moderately that workforce than United’s.
‘That’s a fear. Ange Postecoglou has had nothing like the cash to spend that Erik ten Hag has. However they’ve bought a great workforce. Spurs followers can have liked that right this moment and so they need to do.’
Neville described Manchester United’s efficiency in opposition to Tottenham as ‘completely disgusting’ and stated he was ‘shocked’ by the show.
The defeat leaves United simply twelfth within the Premier League after six matches, nearer to the relegation zone than the top-four.
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‘The primary half was as unhealthy because it will get,’ stated Neville throughout Sky Sports activities’ commentary of the sport ‘This can be a surprising day, a sobering day.
‘This can be a actually unhealthy day for Ten Hag. It’s one of many worst performances I’ve seen underneath Ten Hag. And that’s saying one thing. It’s actually unhealthy.
‘Right now has shocked me how low they’ve gone. It was a very unhealthy one.
‘I do know that David Moyes had some unhealthy ones within the early days, so has Ole [Gunnar Solskjaer] alongside the way in which, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ralf Rangnick, however that felt like a type of days right this moment the place they sank actually low.’
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