Erik ten Hag’s side were dealt another huge reality check on Sunday as they were handed a 2-1 defeat by Brighton at Old Trafford on the opening weekend of the season.
The Dutch coach is the fifth permanent manager at the Red Devils since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement while Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick, and Ralf Rangnick have been involved on a temporary basis, but his task was made abundantly clear as Pascal Gross’ double was enough to secure all three points for the Seagulls.
However, Neville has admitted he wasn’t at all surprised by the result and has made a very convincing argument as to what could be contributing to the club’s woes.
Speaking on his podcast on Sunday Neville said:
(6:58) “Manchester United have got the same players that we’ve seen in the last 18 months / two years and the reality of it is that we’ve seen the same type of performance. “The only question today was whether Brighton could take their chances and score and they did, they scored two goals and maybe should have had a penalty in the second half. “So for me, the outcome of the game was exactly what I thought it would be an or hour so before, as I thought it would be yesterday and the reason I say that is because the players that Erik ten Hag has been delivered at the start of the season as his squad have proven last season and the season before, the season before the fans weren’t in the stadium. “When these players have had 75,000 fans in the stadium or they’ve played in front of crowds they’ve not been able to handle the pressure or had the ability to demonstrate that they’re good enough for Manchester United. “It’s not just been Erik ten Hag, it’s been with Ralf Rangnick and it’s been with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. For Erik ten Hag to be
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