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Video: Gary Neville criticizes Manchester United defence

Gary Neville expressed his disappointment with Manchester United’s shambolic defence.

Former Manchester United captain and Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville was critical of the poor show from Manchester United defenders during their 5-3 loss against Leicester City on Sunday.

Despite being 3-1 down with only 30 minutes to go, a newly promoted side that is Leicester City made a stellar comeback as they defeated Manchester United at the King Power Stadium following a shocking second-half show from Louis van Gaal's men.

"Going forward they're a lot better than they have been in the last 12-18 months and that's a positive," Neville said. "But in the first half, every ball that got played forward from distance a Leicester player won it, whether it was the first ball or the second ball. In the second half, a decision goes against them but make no mistake about it they're soft-centred.

"There's no doubt Manchester United are soft-centred. They're not tough enough. You saw out there today [in the Manchester City-Chelsea tie] that every time a ball went up to Diego Costa he was getting battered by [Eliaquim] Mangala and it was the same at the other end with John Terry and Gary Cahill. I thought the midfield three for United and the back four got bullied.”

Read the full transcript here.

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