THEY SAY THE league table never lies but Manchester United sitting third after five wins on the bounce is enough to have anyone demanding a polygraph test.
Indeed, Gary Neville is so underwhelmed with the performances of his former team he compared their clash with ninth-placed Liverpool next weekend to a pub game.
However, while the joke may have tickled his colleagues in the Sky Sports studio, it – along with the comment that United got away with murder during the game – left manager Louis van Gaal unimpressed.
He told reporters afterwards:
“He can say everything because he’s an ex-legend. But as an ex-legend, you have to know what you’re saying. You can interpret that [as you like]. It’s not difficult when I say he has to pay attention to his words.”
Gary Neville compares Man Utd to a pub team but LVG fails to see the funny side
Updated at 11am.
THEY SAY THE league table never lies but Manchester United sitting third after five wins on the bounce is enough to have anyone demanding a polygraph test.
Indeed, Gary Neville is so underwhelmed with the performances of his former team he compared their clash with ninth-placed Liverpool next weekend to a pub game.
However, while the joke may have tickled his colleagues in the Sky Sports studio, it – along with the comment that United got away with murder during the game – left manager Louis van Gaal unimpressed.
He told reporters afterwards:
Additional reporting from AFP.
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