Neville calls out Man Utd trio to excuse ‘sloppy’ Fernandes

Will Ford
Gary Neville Man Utd

Gary Neville admits Bruno Fernandes was “sloppy” in Manchester United’s 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace but was critical of the attacking players in front of him for making his life difficult.

United were well below their best at Selhurst Park, with Neville claiming their “boring” football could see them in a fight for the top four.


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Fernandes has been United’s go-to man throughout the campaign but looked lethargic on Wednesday, as did all of United’s attacking players.

“He was sloppy from the first few minutes and he’s not been at his best these last couple of weeks,” Neville said on Sky Sports.

“Maybe there’s a suggestion that he’s run himself into the ground and that could be true but you’ve got to have things happening in front of you as well.

“And I thought [Marcus] Rashford on the left, [Mason] Greenwood on the right, [Edinson] Cavani in the middle… they all stayed in their spots and when you watch the real fantastic front-three attacks – and even this front-three at times over the last few months at their best – those runs where they’re diagonally running across and there’s movement… there was no movement tonight.”