{"id":300380,"date":"2023-12-18T09:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=300380"},"modified":"2023-12-18T09:24:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T09:24:00","slug":"gary-neville-slams-uniteds-defensive-approach-in-liverpool-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/gary-neville-slams-uniteds-defensive-approach-in-liverpool-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Neville SLAMS United&apos;s defensive approach in Liverpool draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Gary Neville SLAMS Manchester United&#8217;s defensive approach to Liverpool stalemate, claiming &#8216;that&#8217;s NOT a performance&#8217; &#8211; and admits &#8216;we killed Mourinho for playing like that&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Gary Neville was not impressed with Manchester United&#8217;s plan away at Liverpool\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>He felt they could have capitalised more when the Reds had an exposed midfield<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Round 2 to the Rooneys? WAGatha Christie goes to the pitch on Monday &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gary Neville tore into Manchester United&#8217;s approach to their Sunday assignment at Liverpool, arguing they were &#8216;well off&#8217; a winning performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils legend likened their safety-first attitude to performances under Jose Mourninho, who snuck two 0-0 draws from Anfield while in the United hotseat.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool had 34 shots to United&#8217;s six and 69 per cent possession in their goalless draw, signifying how on top Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side were.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Central defenders Raphael Varane and Jonny Evans were two of United&#8217;s best players as Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side submitted a durable but rather unambitious outlook.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Neville told Sky Sports:\u00a0&#8216;Manchester United played really poorly. They had a 10, 15-minute period when Szoboszlai went off and they [Liverpool] had Trent Alexander-Arnold and Endo in midfield and it was a 4-2-4 where you thought, &#8220;ooh, there are two or three counter-attacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/08\/79077301-12876265-image-m-37_1702889311221.jpg\" height=\"565\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville felt that Man United played &#8216;really poorly&#8217; and slammed their approach at Anfield<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/08\/79077395-12876265-image-a-38_1702889416805.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>United defended resolutely and limited Liverpool to half-chances but had little attacking intent<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a good result because it&#8217;s a draw at Anfield and you can never dismiss a draw at Anfield, but that&#8217;s not a performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We killed [Jose] Mourinho a few years ago for coming here and playing like that and getting a 0-0. So I think the fact they&#8217;ve been a bit more resilient defensively is good and the fact they&#8217;ve kept a clean sheet is good, but in terms of level of performance that will win you football matches, no, it&#8217;s well off it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But you have to give some credit to the defenders and the way in which the whole team stuck together because I didn&#8217;t think they had it in them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Before the game, I saw the team, I thought how can that keep a clean sheet, that&#8217;s at least conceding two or three goals. You have to give them credit for that and you have to say well done to them because it&#8217;s been a tough week for them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I can&#8217;t imagine how difficult it has been, the criticism that they&#8217;ve received, everyone is on at them, including us, and the fact of the matter is they&#8217;ve walked out of here tonight with a little bit of respect.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Considering United&#8217;s previous visit to Anfield resulted in a 7-0 defeat, many fans anticipated another drubbing at the hands of their old foes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/08\/79077415-12876265-image-a-39_1702889627071.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Neville likened United&#8217;s approach to that of Jose Mourinho, who managed two 0-0 draws at Anfield in his tenure at the club\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/08\/79077407-12876265-image-a-40_1702889670123.jpg\" height=\"616\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>With a backs-against-the-wall performance, United mustered six shots to Liverpool&#8217;s 34\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>A 3-0 loss to Bournemouth on December 9 and a spiritless 1-0 defeat by Bayern Munich at Old Trafford in midweek had portended a miserable Sunday on Merseyside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, while having limited chances, they withstood Liverpool and made them look like an ordinary side, especially in midfield.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool&#8217;s midfield trio of Dominik Szoboszlai, Wataru Endo, and Ryan Gravenberch had little joy carving meaningful inroads through their opposition&#8217;s back line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen of Liverpool&#8217;s shots were from outside the box, and lots were from tight angles, showing how United limited them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12876265\/Gary-Neville-Manchester-United-Liverpool-Mourinho.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Neville SLAMS Manchester United&#8217;s defensive approach to Liverpool stalemate, claiming &#8216;that&#8217;s NOT a performance&#8217; 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