‘Absolutely pathetic’ – Fuming Gary Neville slams Man Utd after ‘worst 15 minutes I’ve ever seen them play’

GARY NEVILLE tore into “absolutely pathetic” Manchester United for the worst 15 minutes he has ever seen from the club. Then he doubled down after full-time by blasting the flops as a “disgrace”. Manchester United made a terrible start to the second half Credit: Reuters Gary Neville claimed it was the worst spell he had ever seen from his club Credit: Shutterstock Editorial The legendary right-back was on commentary duties for his former side’s trip to West London to face Fulham. After a goalless first half, United fell behind on 63 minutes when Senne Lammens bundled the ball and Lisandro Martinez scored a woeful own goal. Sign up for the Man United newsletter Thank you! It came as Fulham launched an attack when Calvin Bassey outmuscled Matheus Cunha to win possession. That capped off a dreadful beginning to the second half, with Neville slamming Michael Carrick’s Red Devils for being “mannequins” and walking around in defence showing zero urgency, passion or quality. And the Sky Sports pundit did not hold back in the aftermath of the goal – insisting it was the most terrible spell in 46 years. The 51-year-old fumed: “I’ve watched Manchester United since the age of five and that’s the worst 15 minutes I have ever seen them play. “Absolutely pathetic. They have walked for 15 minutes and you get what you deserve in a football match. “Maybe there will be a reaction but I’ve never seen a lack of effort for 15 to 20 minutes like I have just seen there. Most read in Football SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET UP TO £100 BONUS “What must he (Carrick) be thinking? “He probably cannot believe what he has watched in those last 15 or 20 minutes. He’s got to act now.” Minutes earlier, he had said: “It’s a few minutes of the blue mannequins playing against the white mannequins and then it switches around, bizarre football match. “They won’t go anywhere with a lack of urgency like this. I don’t know if it’s fear or complacency, they’re just not working hard.” Ashley Young insisted United need to show intensity and intent from the first minute, not the 63rd – and Fulham running 6km further than United was “unacceptable”. Lisandro Martinez’s own goal summed up the rotten stint Credit: Reuters Louis Saha then described the United performance as like that during a “charity match”. United ended up taking 29 shots with just six on target at Craven Cottage. And one of the last, a speculative strike from Cunha in the 89th minute, took a wicked deflection to avoid defeat and rescue a point. Then Carrick hit back at suggestions his team were too passive. The boss said: “I didn’t think we were. Did you think we were? “Football is a difficult game. We controlled a lot of the first half. “It’s the Premier League and you will have spells where you don’t have it all your own way. “To expect total dominance for the whole game, I don’t think anyone gets that in this league. “I thought we should have won the game, I thought we created enough to win the game. “We came to get the win of course, the way it panned out and the way we finished is the positive we take from it.” Comment now