Gary Neville

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MU Mati Kutu!
Rifqi Ardita Widianto - detikSport

Jakarta - Manchester United takluk di markas Liverpool. Mantan kapten MU Gary Neville menilai para juniornya mati kutu dan tak bisa membangun permainan.

MU kalah 1-3 saat bertandang ke Anfield, Minggu (16/12/2018) malam WIB di laga pekan ke-17 Premier League. 'Setan Merah' sempat menahan imbang 1-1 di babak pertama usai Jesse Lingard membalas gol Sadio Mane.

Tapi dua gol Xherdan Shaqiri di babak kedua memastikan tiga poin untuk tuan rumah.

Kalah skor, kalah telak pula dalam pertarungan di lapangan. MU nyaris kalah di seluruh aspek dalam permainan.

MU cuma menguasai bola sebesar 36% seperti dicatat whoscored, dengan akurasi umpan yang rendah, yakni di angka 65%. Sebagai perbandingan, Liverpool mencatatkan persentase umpan sukses 81%.

Dari penguasaan bola tersebut, Liverpool melepaskan 36 percobaan dengan 11 mengarah ke gawang. Sementara MU cuma punya enam tembakan, hanya dua yang on target.

Skuat arahan Jose Mourinho tak mampu keluar dari tekanan sepanjang 90 menit. Neville menyebut para gelandang MU mati kutu dan tak bisa mengalirkan bola ke depan.

Mourinho memainkan Nemanja Matic dan Ander Herrera sebagai poros ganda, lalu menempatkan Lingard sebagai penyerang lubang. Ketiganya tanpa daya di hadapan para gelandang Liverpool yang superior.

Matic tercatat hanya melakukan 30 umpan sukses, Herrera dengan 26 umpan sukses, dan Lingard 22 umpan sukses. Dari ketiganya hanya Matic yang berhasil membuat umpan kunci, yakni sekali.

Total MU cuma mencatatkan lima umpan kunci, jauh tertinggal dari Liverpool yang punya 20 umpan kunci.

Hal ini sedikit banyak menunjukkan bahwa tiga gelandang ini nyaris tak menemukan celah atau momen untuk dieksploitasi menjadi peluang. Padahal Mourinho diyakini berencana memanfaatkan agresivitas Liverpool saat menyerang untuk memukul lewat serangan balik.

"Liverpool benar-benar superior. Jauh. Tidak satupun dari gelandang United bisa mengumpan. Tidak satupun dari mereka," kata Neville kepada Sky Sports dilansir BBC.

"Itu mengejutkan saya. United tampil buruk. Mereka sempat bisa menahan, tapi satu-satunya tim sesungguhnya yang akan memenangi laga adalah Liverpool. Dari United, itu tidak cukup bagus," tandasnya.

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'My belief went... I didn't know where my next good game was coming from': Manchester United legend Gary Neville reveals how he 'lost everything' for six months following a break-up

* Gary Neville has discussed the 'massive dip' he suffered at Manchester United
* The defender struggled to concentrate after the end of a seven-year relationship
* Neville admitted he didn't want the ball and lacked confidence for six months
* The Sky Sports pundit explained how rest and seeing a psychologist helped him

Gary Neville has opened up on the 'massive dip' he suffered during his 19 years in the Manchester United first team - and revealed it was the result of a break-up.

The former England right back enjoyed a trophy-laden career at Old Trafford, winning 17 major honours after rising through the ranks as part of the Class of '92.

But having helped United complete a famous Treble in 1999, Neville struggled for form at the turn of the century following an issue in his personal life.


Ex-Manchester United defender Gary Neville has opened up on a difficult six months in 2000. Neville looks dejected after making one of two mistakes against Vasco de Gama at the World Club Championships in Brazil in early 2000

Speaking to the Blank podcast, the Sky Sports pundit explained how the end of a long-term relationship affected his form and left him needing a break from football.

'I had one massive dip,' said Neville, who is now married and has two daughters.

'I had a break up in a relationship after seven years and I gave two goals away [vs Vasco de Gama] in Brazil in the World [Club] Championships and we got knocked out.

'It was just before the European Championships in 2000 under [England manager] Kevin Keegan. People probably won't remember it. I just went under, I was going onto the pitch distracted, thinking of other things.

'Didn't want the ball, lacked confidence, my belief went, didn't know where my next good game was going to come from. I didn't know where my next good pass was going to come from.

'I just really lost everything in a six-month period and I needed the summer break after the Euros.'

Neville was able to regain focus during the summer of 2000, while sessions with a psychologist helped him return to his best in time for the new season.

However, the 43-year-old admits that he did not tell his team-mates that he had sought professional help at the time as it would have been seen as 'weakness'.


Neville was back to his best during the 2000-01 season following a 'massive dip' in form

'I remember just having that four-week block of doing nothing and just clearing my head and resetting,' he continued. 'And then saying right I'm going to work harder than I've ever worked in my life, and that was it.

'First day of pre-season I started doing triple sessions, I started having extra massages, extra stretching, extra weights. First game of the season got through it without making a mistake and went on from there.

'At the time coming out to [my team-mates] and telling them I was seeing a psychologist would have been seen as a weakness. It would have been seen as a weakness in life not just football.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6648887/Manchester-United-legend-Gary-Neville-reveals-six-month-struggle-break-up.html

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Neville: Liverpool Frustrasi, City Kini Favorit Juara
Mohammad Resha Pratama - detikSport

Eks Pemain Manchester United, Gary Neville, menilai Liverpool sedang frustrasi karena gagal menjauhi Manchester City dan kini malah digeser. The Citizens pun jadi favorit juara.

Liverpool sebenarnya punya peluang untuk menjauhkan diri di puncak klasemen pekan lalu saat City dikalahkan Newcastle United. Keunggulan tujuh poin bisa didapat Liverpool andaikan mengalahkan Leicester City di Anfield.

Sayangnya laga itu hanya berakhir imbang 1-1 dan Liverpool pun cuma unggul lima poin. Selang beberapa hari setelahnya, City memangkas jarak menjadi dua poin ketika mereka menang 3-1 dan memberikan tekanan hebat kepada Liverpool.

Lagi-lagi Liverpool gagal menjauhkan diri karena ditahan seri 1-1 West Ham United. Alhasil, City pun mengambil alih puncak klasemen dengan keunggulan selisih gol usai mengalahkan Everton tengah pekan kemarin.

Liverpool sempat merebut posisi pertama ketika menang 3-0 atas Bournemouth pekan lalu yang langsung dijawab lewat performa gemilang oleh City saat membantai Chelsea 6-0 semalam. Alhasil, City ke puncak dan punya keunggulan selisih gol yang cukup jauh, +54 berbanding +44 milik Liverpool.

"Jika Anda melihat seberapa besar Liverpool dan fakta bahwa mereka sudah lama tidak juara liga, maka ada rasa frustrasi yang begitu besar untuk bisa menjadi juara liga," ujar Neville seperti dikutip Sky Sports.

"Beberapa pekan lalu, mereka unggul tujuh poin dan mereka mengira bisa mendapatkan itu ketika Manchester City dikalahkan Newcastle - kesempatan besar untuk Liverpool saat itu, Mereka masih punya kesempatan, tapi tentunya lebih sulit ketimbang pekan lalu," sambungnya.

Menurut Neville, City justru kini dalam kepercayaan diri tinggi karena mental para pemainnya sudah membaik setelah serangkaian hasil luar biasa sejak awal tahun. Apalagi dalam 1,5 bulan terakhir ini, City cuma sekali kehilangan angka dan sisanya diakhiri dengan kemenangan.

"Manchester City sudah menetapkan standar permainan mereka pekan lalu."

"Jika mereka ingin menjuarai liga maka mereka harus bisa mempertahankan standar permainan itu selama berpekan-pekan karena mereka tak boleh membuat kesalahan," papar Neville.

"Liverpool tim yang sangat bagus dan mereka sadar ada dalam pertarungan yang sengit. Liverpool unggul tujuh poin beberapa pekan lalu, tapi menurut saya City kini favorit juaranya," demikian dia.

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UTD UNSCRIPTED: DAYS I'LL REMEMBER ALL MY LIFE...

I've never been a crier. There's a lot of emotion in playing for Manchester United, but I never cried, either over winning or losing.

There are three moments, though, that got me to the point of almost being emotional:

Barcelona.

Getting the contract, at 14, that said I was going to get a chance.

Making my debut.

That last one, thinking, 'I've played for United.' It was a massive moment for me. It feels such a long time ago. Well, it is a long time ago. Over 25 years.

And it was a throw-in. My debut was a throw-in against Torpedo Moscow. That was it. I didn't touch the ball with my feet. I don't know if that was the only time that's ever happened. It typified my career, actually!

I remember the little things about the day. What sticks out most is that it was the first time I'd ever stayed in a hotel before a first-team game. My dad dropped me off at lunchtime and we stayed at the Midland Hotel.

In those days, probably until I was 23 or 24 at United, we shared rooms. Chris Casper was in the squad too and I shared with him. I'd shared with Cas in the youth team squads, but when we got in this room, I was like:

“Cas, this is unbelievable. We're in the Midland Hotel!”

We went down for lunch and all this incredible food was laid out for us in a buffet. We were used to the food at The Cliff. On a Friday, Theresa who ran the canteen would put on sausage, chips and beans. Thursday was cheese flan.

If the A-team had Morecambe away on a Friday night, Eric Harrison would make you put your chippy order in before the game! It was the most amazing thing. You knew that if you won, your chippy afterwards would taste so sweet.

Jimmy Curran, Eric's sidekick who was physio, masseur and all-round brilliant bloke, would wander over the road, we'd come back and he'd have it all ready for us. We'd all be fighting over what we'd ordered, usually because of Butty.

Now, Butty is one of those lads who'd order fish and chips, but if the sausage and chips looked better then he'd say he'd ordered that, and someone else would have the wrong order. You knew without fail that it would be Butty who'd taken the wrong one.

As you can tell, by the way, there was no dietician at the club when I first joined!

So, suddenly we're in the Midland, me and Cas, in this grand old hotel in the centre of town, looking at this spread of food, and you think you've made it. As a kid, you just do.

After we've eaten we go back to our room, with two massive big double beds, and it was probably just a standard room, but to us it felt like a suite. And we're thinking:

“What do we do now?”

You're supposed to go to sleep. The older lads knew. That was the habit, so they went to sleep. But we couldn't sleep. We were 17! We had no chance.

Butty and Becks were both in the squad as well. This was less than six months after we'd won the FA Youth Cup, and there was a real buzz building around our group. Rightly so, too. Those of us who were in that A-team still talk about those days.

The football we had been playing in our first year at The Cliff was genuinely unbelievable. I look back now and remember certain things we were doing and it was football that you would see at a mature, high level.

I remember The Cliff being full of people who were there to watch us. Anybody could walk in on the day without paying and it was full. The first team would watch too.

The football was unreal, and that was without Giggsy most of the time because he was already up in the first team.When he came back down to the youth team we got even better.

We were unreal, and we didn't even have a centre forward most of the time. That was the one thing we didn't have.

Giggsy came in and took it to a completely different level. Midfield was Becks, Butty, Simon Davies, Ben Thornley, Keith Gillespie… Scholesy wasn't even in the team in that first year!

Being part of that team was a privilege. I still think back to the day I got offered schoolboy apprenticeship forms.

My family and I only thought I was going to get offered another year, and they offered me a four-year contract: 14 to 16 on schoolboy terms with the promise of going full-time from 16 to 18.

My dad actually drove to my school and told them: ”I need to take him out of school,” and when he told me I kept thinking:

“I can't believe it.”

I'll always remember that moment.

That moment led me into the most incredibly testing environment. The manager was demanding, but long before we worked with him, we were coached by Eric Harrison and Nobby Stiles.

And by God, they were both demanding.

Imagine losing a tackle when you play in a youth team run by Nobby Stiles and Eric Harrison.

Eric was from Yorkshire, a non-league centre-half who was quite possibly the grittiest, nastiest centre-half you've ever come across. He'd probably broken his nose eight times. Tough as nails.

Nobby was Nobby. He would send us out onto the pitch and his last words to us would be: “Remember your best friends out there.” He meant your studs. It was his way of telling you to win the battle.

Every game, remember your best friends. If one of us lost a tackle or got topped in a game, he'd be going mad. Those demands didn't ease when you got nearer the first team.

That was a dressing room of leaders. It was unbelievable how the club had amassed so many. The club had Bruce, Pallister, Ince, Robson, McClair, Schmeichel, Irwin, Hughes, and any one of them could have been captain.

Within a year they had Cantona and Keane too. Even Giggsy went on to be captain when he was older.

Dion Dublin, Mick Phelan, Clayton Blackmore. They were great with the young lads. We were really lucky to come through that dressing room, but they were also tough on you. It was a tough school.

First-team training was hard. They expected a lot from you. Demanded good passes, demanded you got to the ball, stopped the cross, defended your back post, won your headers.

Losing a header wasn't acceptable. Letting your striker flick a ball on wasn't acceptable. Giving a pass away wasn't acceptable. They wouldn't accept mistakes.

This had been drilled into me by the time I was sat in that huge room in the Midland, waiting for the night to come.

My mind wandered, of course, and I just had a feeling, just a little inkling. I knew I was going to be on the bench, but I just had this little inkling that I might get on at some point. So I had to be ready. Everything had to be right.

That's how it always had to be throughout my career. There was the odd occasion in 20 years where I had a Chinese takeaway on a Thursday and I carried it into the game, so I thought: ”I've not done everything right here.”

Almost all the time, though, I had. If I could tell myself I'd prepared well, I'd done the right things, eaten the right things, that was the key.

Once I got in that tunnel, it was like a checklist. You ask yourself: “Have I done everything I possibly can to make myself play well in this match?”

Over the years, as part of that you develop a little routine, even down to being sat in the right seat on the coach or putting the right Tubigrip tape on.

When I went back for Michael Carrick's testimonial a few years ago, they didn't have my tape. I couldn't believe it. They'd had to keep that tape for 20 years. Had to. It was my tape. Tubigrip. D width. Not E. Not C. D width.

And then two tie-ups, always cut with the same scissors. I used to have two tie-ups that you were supposed to cut with bandage scissors, but I always cut them with normal scissors because I couldn't cut them with those weird scissors. Stupid things like that through my career had to be right.

I sat in the players' lounge toilets – the same cubicle – for 15 minutes. When the boss finished his team-talk, I'd get my kit on and sit on the toilet, with the lid down, and read the programme in complete peace for 15 minutes. Tranquillity. I did that every game.

Even on the day before a game, coming off the training pitch on the day before the game, I used to zigzag sprint off the pitch. Every Friday.

The new lads, the foreign lads who came in towards the end, say Ronaldo or Tevez, they'd be looking at me as if to say: “What is this muppet doing?”

That's just how I was. Those things build over time, so they weren't there ahead of my first game. But even by that stage, at 17, I just knew I had to have a massage on my lower back. I didn't even have a bad back. The physio, Jim McGregor, hated it.

”What's this for?”

“I just need it.”

He'd have to do it. He was angry all the way through. Spitting. Every game, for 25 years, I had that massage. I needed it. Having everything right calmed me down.

I very, very rarely got nervous over the course of my career. I was always intense before a game, but hardly ever affected by nerves.

I had four games where I felt like things were getting on top of me:

My first FA Youth Cup game at Sunderland, I was nervous as hell. But it went really well.

My first big match for United was the FA Cup semi-final against Crystal Palace at Villa Park. I'd been there in 1983 and 1985 to watch semi-finals, so this was the biggest thing in the world.

That's the point, getting through that 2-2 and playing well, then playing well and winning the replay; that's the point where I thought: “I'm in here.” I felt confident.

Then I made my England debut and was nervous. I'd only played 17 United games.

And, of course, my United debut.

I remember warming up during the game and thinking: ”Wow.” This was the first time I'd been out on the pitch at Old Trafford and there had been a crowd. The attendance was just under 20,000, but it was still massive.

With five minutes to go, the gaffer told me to warm up again, but I thought my time had passed. I didn't think he was bringing me on. Then he said: “You're going on.”

When you hear that and you know you're about to run on, you go into protection mode.

In your first game, with a defender's mentality, you're not thinking: ”I'm going to come on, score a goal and be the hero.” You're just not. You're thinking: “Don't cock up.”

That's it. As a defender back then, if you passed it well and didn't make mistakes defensively, you'd have a good game.

Nowadays you might need 10 assists and three goals per season, but back then, as a defender, your job was to serve the ball well into your forwards, serve it well into your midfielders, don't make a mistake.

That was my job. Organise. Communicate. Simple things.You're going on thinking that if you get a touch, you have to make sure it's a good pass.

Don't leave your man. Don't get beat. Don't give a penalty away. Don't do stupid things. Just don't cock up.

I came on for Lee Martin and slotted in behind Andrei Kanchelskis. It wasn't a problem being behind him. He was electric.

What I found in my first 20 games for United was that Andrei was so good, most teams would drop their left winger to have a second left-back. That made it easier for me.

Loads of times I was playing a game against no left winger because they had two left-backs against Andrei.

I had Becks in front of me after that, so they had to stop his crosses. That meant the left winger would drop deep again.

Then when you played with Ronaldo there were two left-backs on him. No wonder I played for 20-odd years.

I will say, though, that those three didn't like tracking back either, so I always got it the other way!

On my debut, though, there wasn't time for any of that.

Remember, my debut was a throw-in. So I get this throw-in, high up the field, last minute.

I had a big throw anyway, but when I was younger it was even bigger. I could throw it into the box, even though Old Trafford was a big pitch. So I launch it into the area, but it comes to nothing.

I got in the dressing room after the game, and the manager just went off on one at Gary Pallister. He went mad at him. ”Have you ever watched the youth team? You're a disgrace. Watch the youth team and you'd know he's got a long throw.

“We're nil-nil in the last minute against Torpedo Moscow and you're on the halfway line!”

I was a bit embarrassed really, but obviously I was buzzing. If I died the next day, I'd played for United. From the age of four or five, that had been a dream.

I remember seeing my dad after the game and it was a genuinely proud moment. He took me home and I didn't sleep a wink. The adrenaline was still pumping.

I still shared a room with our kid at that point. Actually, talking to him should have sent me to sleep. I should have said to him: ”Phil, commentate on my throw-in for me.”

That would have done the trick!

For the first 10 years of my career, I couldn't sleep after a night game. No chance.

You might sleep at 3am or 3.30am until 5.30am when you're coming down off a game.

That's not just me, that's normal. I moved into town when I was 26 or 27. Me and Giggsy used to go out for a couple of beers after night games. Two beers we were allowed.

“Takes the edge off you. Gets you to sleep,” he used to say.

To be fair, it did work. Two bottles. We used to stop at Sugar Lounge for two beers after a game, then we'd go back to No.1 Deansgate and after that I started sleeping after night games. It took me 10 years to realise.

After my debut, I wasn't wise to that yet, so I just lay there, replaying it all in my mind. My dream had come true. Four days later I was playing against Chester Reserves for the A-team.

The manager was an expert at giving you encouragement, but quickly making sure you didn't get ahead of yourself.

A week after my debut, Becks was given his against Brighton. The manager left me out and I was a bit upset, wondering why.

The young lads were often dipped in and out of the squad, and I always think of it as a big test. He'd get you up but then bring you straight back down quickly.

It had been the same with Eric Harrison in the youth team. That was Eric's motto: toughen up. I've left you out, so what? I left him out last week. He's not whinging. Get on with it. Toughen up.

Nobby was the same. Kiddo was the one who made you feel 10 feet tall with his encouragement, but even he wasn't prone to going over the top. He just knew the right time to make you feel better.

All you needed from Eric or from Alex Ferguson was one line: ”Well done, son.” When you hear that, you just think: “I've done alright here.”

Praise from the manager gave you this incredible feeling, but you always knew that he could go mad. I'd seen him give Pally a roasting after the first leg against Torpedo, but that was nothing compared to what went off after the second leg.

At the time, I was on £29.50 a week, plus £10 expenses. That's what we all got paid.

Becks, Butty, me, all of us. Nobody was on anything different. Becks was on the bench, Butty was on the bench. It was a £2,000 bonus per player if we got through the tie and you'd played both games.

If you got on the pitch in one game but not the next, then it was £1,500. It was £1,000 if you'd been in the squad at all.

So we travelled over to Moscow for the return leg and we were stood at the side of the bench. It was 0-0 again. It went to penalties.

Between us we've got £3,500 riding on this shootout.

I'm on for £1,500 and it was a grand each for Becks and Butty. We're thinking: “Never mind the result, this is 40 weeks' wages!”

We were going to put payments down on cars as we got back to Manchester. We went 2-0 up after Torpedo missed their first two penalties…and we still lost!

Brucey, Choccy and Pally all missed. Some of the worst penalties I've ever seen.

In the dressing room afterwards, the three of us are virtually crying in the corner because we'd lost three and a half grand to Torpedo Moscow. I'd lost my Peugeot GTI. I think Becks was ordering a Maserati with his.

To this day, Brucey, Choccy and Pally owe us cars.

The gaffer came into the dressing room afterwards and it was like World War Three. He sets about the three of them, arguing about the penalties, and Robbo stepped in. Somebody else stepped in. The gaffer hadn't calmed down by that point, and with the relationship he had with those lads, he was able to properly get at them.

If those lot had started throwing punches, then we were in trouble. They were maniacs.

Over the next couple of seasons I saw it happen more than once. I remember him going mad at Blackburn when we lost 2-0 and Shearer scored both, then at Liverpool after we lost a three-goal lead and drew, Barcelona away after losing 4-0.

You see this and you're thinking: 'These lot are a bunch of maniacs. What are we letting ourselves in for here?'

That was all part of it, though. It was surreal. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that it's not real. I don't think playing football for United is real. You go out and stand in that tunnel and you become something completely different. It's not a normal feeling.

It's something that players, when they retire, they struggle to replicate. They don't know what it is. It's adrenaline, a buzz, something that comes into your body and you just think:

“This. This is… amazing.”

And you never forget the first time you feel it.

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Ucapan resmi selamat ultah untuk Gary Neville dari United Indonesia

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Ucapan resmi selamat ultah untuk Gary Neville dari United Indonesia

🏟 678 Games
⚽ 7 Goals
🎯 33 Assists
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 85 Caps

12 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Premier League
10 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Community Shield
4 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 FA Cup
3 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 League Cup
2 🏆🇪🇺 Champions League
1 🏆🌎 Club World Cup
1 🏆🌎 Intercontinetal Cup

🔴 Club Legend.

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Gary Neville insists Manchester United will face a 'mutiny' if they opt against giving Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the job on a permanent basis

* Gary Neville backs Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to be Man United's permanent manager
* The former United player feels the club face a 'mutiny' if they pick another boss
* Solskjaer is yet to suffer defeat domestically after a 0-0 draw with Liverpool
* Neville hailed Solskjaer's impact in transforming the mood around Old Trafford

Gary Neville feels Manchester United face the prospect of a 'mutiny' should they decide against giving Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the job on a permanent basis.

Following the sacking of Jose Mourinho after defeat to Liverpool in December, United turned to former striker Solskjaer as an interim boss until the end of the season.

His impact has been sensational having got United's bid for a top-four spot back on track and after Sunday's 0-0 draw with Liverpool at Old Trafford, United remain unbeaten domestically since he took over.


Ole Gunnar Solskjaer now deserves the Manchester United permanently, says Gary Neville. Sky Sports pundit Neville feels United would face a 'mutiny' if Solskjaer does not get the job

Despite suffering three injuries in the first half, United battled against their fierce rivals and were unlucky not to take all three points.

'Three months ago if it was 0-0 at home they would have been singing "attack, attack, attack",' Neville told Sky Sports after the match.

'They were singing "Ole Gunnar Solskjaer" all of the second-half. The mood has completely transformed.


Solskjaer has 'completely transformed' the mood at the club and has the backing of supporters. Fans spent the entire second half chanting Solskjaer's name as he continues to lift the mood

'He has the crowd with him. I think at this moment in time if you're the board you are not in a position where you could give it to someone else, I think there would be a mutiny.

'The fans love him. They were getting behind the team in the second-half but mostly they were singing for him.'

Solskjaer has a long-standing relationship with the club having represented them as a player.

He has only one defeat to his name as United boss so far - the 2-0 home defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

Sunday's draw saw United drop down to fifth, one point behind Arsenal following their 2-0 win at home to Southampton.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6741871/Gary-Neville-insists-Man-United-face-mutiny-dont-Solskjaer-job-permanent-basis.html

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Neville Ungkap Waktu Bagus untuk MU Permanenkan Solskjaer
Lucas Aditya - detikSport

Manchester - Ole Gunnar Solskjaer membawa Manchester United tampil oke. Gary Neville mengungkapkan saat yang pas agar The Red Devils mengikatnya secara permanen.

Solskjaer ditunjuk menjadi manajer interim MU menggantikan Jose Mourinho. Sejak 19 Desember 2018, pria asal Norwegia itu menjadi peracik strategi di Old Trafford.

Sebanyak 16 pertandingan sudah dijalani MU bersama Solskjaer. Sebanyak 13 pertandingan berakhir kemenangan, dua laga selesai imbang, dan sekali menelan kekalahan.

MU juga sudah diantarkan menembus empat besar. Paul Pogba cs mengumpulkan 58 poin, lebih banyak satu angka dari Arsenal di posisi kelima.

Eks kapten MU, Neville, menilai bahwa pertengahan bulan ini menjadi saat yang pas untuk mengumumkan Solskjaer sebagai manajer permanen Setan Merah.

"Laju Man United sungguh sensasional di bawah asuhan Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Dia mulai berbicara seperti manajer permanen dari Manchester United --menyapa fans untuk tiket musiman, berbicara mengenai para pemain, dia memberi saran kepada Ed Woodward mengenai pemain yang mesti dipertahankan," kata Neville di Mirror.

"Saya bilang sekitar pertengahan Maret akan menjadi waktu yang bagus (untuk membuat keputusan) dan kita sedang menuju ke sana."

"Semua yang dia lakukan tepat dan tak bisa menuntut lebih lagi," dia menambahkan.

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'Louis van Gaal's football at Man United was the worst I've ever seen': Gary Neville blasts former boss after his criticism of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

* Gary Neville has defended new Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
* He's claimed Dutchman produced the worst football he has ever seen at the club
* Louis van Gaal criticised Solskjaer, accusing him of setting up to 'park the bus'

Gary Neville has defended new Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer from criticism by Louis van Gaal, claiming the Dutchman produced the worst football he has ever seen at Old Trafford.

Van Gaal had criticised Solskjaer, accusing him of setting up to 'park the bus' rather than attack teams.

But Neville hit back, insisting: 'I saw Louis van Gaal the other day say that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's football is like Jose Mourinho's but winning. Van Gaal's football at Man Utd was the worst I've ever seen and Mourinho's was far better, even though it wasn't acceptable in terms of what the fans want to see.

'We've had a lot of change at the club in the last four or five years with different managers coming in, world-class managers and it hasn't worked. Ole has brought a level of happiness and excitement back to the fans, which is at least something because it has been difficult to watch over the last three or four years.'

Former goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who with Neville and Solskjaer won multiple trophies at United, believes the new manager has given the fans something to believe in again.

'It is a great appointment,' he said. 'It's exciting watching Manchester United. It's back. It's been gone for a little bit.

'You're excited to go and watch some of the players that are performing so well now under Ole, that didn't perform so well under the previous managers.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6862247/Gary-Neville-blasts-Louis-van-Gaal-Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-jibes.html