Gary Neville contradicted himself with comments about Ruben Amorim's tactics at Manchester United

Everyone wondered whether Manchester would be red or blue on Sunday.

It turned out Manchester would be bored. Manchester United recorded just two shots on target in the Manchester derby, although Ruben Amorim probably felt his side did enough to win the snooze fest.

Manchester City, the four-time successive Premier League winners, were awful at Old Trafford and looked exactly like a team that might not qualify for Champions League football next season.

Gary Neville was on commentary and said: "It's like we've got to a point in football where teams are frightened to death to give the ball away, make a mistake, take a risk. They're all so obsessed with shape...

"Nothing off-the-cuff is happening in lots of games. This has got to stop. The excitement and beauty of the Premier League is the sort of thrust and energy and excitement, and doing things a little bit differently. [This] 45 minutes is a non-entity, it's not good enough from either team."

After the game, Neville spoke on his podcast and added: “I don’t think there was one player who walked off that pitch disappointed about drawing 0-0, from either side. They all walked off sort of thinking, ‘We’re OK here, got away without making a mistake’. It was that type of game.

“It was really disappointing. I apologise for my co-commentary actually, I think I let it get to me. I was boring on there as well. That was drab as well. I think the congratulations and love-in that I’m watching says both teams are happy with a 0-0.

“The best Man City and Man United teams would be very disappointed with the way they’ve approached the end of that game. It looks like it’s Sunday afternoon and they’re going to go for a roast dinner together now. They’re micromanaged to an inch of their