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13th Aug 2017

Gary Neville strongly criticised a West Ham defender for his part in Manchester United goal

"Rubbish"

Robert Redmond

“Rubbish.”

Gary Neville pulls no punches in commentary, as Arthur Masuaku found out on Sunday afternoon.

The West Ham defender was on the end of a 4-0 drubbing at Old Trafford to Manchester United, and his actions in the run-up to Romelu Lukaku’s second goal was highlighted.

The French defender was spotted laughing as West Ham prepared to defend a United free-kick, from which Lukaku scored.

“I don’t like to single out players,” Thierry Henry said on Sky Sports, before singling out a player.

“But look at Masuaku there. He is laughing at Lukaku. Lukaku was not laughing.  If you defend like this you are going to get punished. You cannot defend like this. I know you are playing in the Theatre of Dreams, but you cannot be day-dreaming like that.”

Neville went a step further than Henry with his criticism. The former United defender, who was on co-commentary duty for Sky, predicted West Ham manager Slaven Bilic will be extremely unhappy with Masuaku for laughing seconds before conceding a goal.

“He will be furious when he sees that goal. His laughing left-back. Get him off. Rubbish.”

A lot of people spotted Neville’s criticism of the player.