'Furious and embarrassed' Gary Neville attacks Man Utd stars after 'rancid' 4-0 Everton defeat

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Tom Doyle21 April 2019

Gary Neville attacked Manchester United's underperforming players after watching Everton thrash Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side 4-0 at Goodison Park on Easter Sunday.

United's season took a drastic turn for the worse as they crashed to a humiliating 4-0 defeat at Everton in the Premier League.

First-half goals from Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdsson stunned Solskjaer's lethargic team before Lucas Digne and Theo Walcott piled on the misery at Goodison Park.

The loss was United's sixth in eight games in all competitions and turned up the heat on Solskjaer and his misfiring players, whose fortunes have slumped since the Norwegian was made permanent manager last month.

United, who remain sixth in the table, have now conceded 48 goals in the Premier League this term, their most in a top-flight campaign since 1979.

Solskjaer went over to the away end at full-time and appeared to apologise to United's travelling support for the performance - and Neville made no secret of his fury at watching his former United team-mate take responsibility for the failings of his players.

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Neville told Sky Sports after the game: "I'm furious, the fact he has to go over and apologise to the fans at the whistle is embarrassing.

"There's some bad weeds not only in the garden, but Japanese knotweed attacking the entire house and they need it eradicating.

"I have 100 per cent faith in Ole Gunnar Solksjaer, but he needs backing and this performance was rancid.

"I would imagine the more Ole Gunnar Solksjaer sees these players, he will be losing faith in them."

Additional reporting by the Press Association.

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