Gary Neville responds to Scott McTominay’s damning assessment of Man United after loss at Arsenal

‘It tells you how bad it must be for a player to say it on air!’: Gary Neville responds to Scott McTominay’s damning assessment of Manchester United after he admitted there’s a ‘whole LOAD of problems’

  • Scott McTominay gave an emotional rallying cry after Man Utd’s loss at Arsenal
  • He said that the players need to ‘go home and look at ourselves in the mirror’ 
  • Now ex-United captain and Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville has had his say 
  • In a tweet on Sunday, Neville emphasised how bad the situation really must be

Gary Neville has emphasised how bad the situation at Manchester United must be after Scott McTominay’s damning comments following the loss at Arsenal on Saturday. 

United’s chances of a top-four finish took a major hit after the 3-1 loss to the Gunners in which a penalty and numerous opportunities were spurned to get back into the match. 

It has been a difficult season for United – who appointed Erik ten Hag this week as their new manager from next season – and McTominay did not mince his words, saying: ‘There’s a whole load of problems in terms of players, staff, everything higher up. There are a lot of things going on at the minute.’

McTominay told his team-mates they cannot be 'satisfied' with their performances and said there's a 'whole load of problems' at the club

Gary Neville responds to Scott McTominay’s damning assessment of Manchester United 

And in a tweet on Sunday morning, Neville responded to those comments by saying: ‘The McTominay comments yesterday, “problems with players, staff, higher up and everything.”

‘Whilst not something we didn’t know tells you how bad it must be for a player to say it on air.’

McTominay added: ‘For us, self-belief, lack of confidence – you can see it all in the last two months. We [need to] go home and take a look at ourselves in the mirror.

‘You can’t go back to your house and be satisfied with conceding three goals at Arsenal when we deserved to win the game.

McTominay watches on as Arsenal celebrate Granit Xhaka's goal in the second-half

McTominay watches on as Arsenal celebrate Granit Xhaka’s goal in the second-half

‘The last four games are about pride for us, going out on the pitch and showing a bit of balls with your performances. When the new coach comes in we need to be ready for everything, we need to be so dialled in and concentrated on our jobs that we impress him.

‘It is difficult for me to speak right now because there are so many emotions. It comes down to the basics and we never do them well enough in big games.’

United’s loss on Saturday was a huge blow to their top four chances – with four matches left to play, they are now six points behind the Gunners who have a game in hand. 

The Red Devils have lost four consecutive away games in the league for the first time ever

The Red Devils have lost four consecutive away games in the league for the first time ever