Neville: 'Defeat was a reality check for Man Utd' | 'Leeds have secured their PL survival''
4/13/202625 min
Gary Neville reacts to Leeds Utd beating Man Utd at Old Trafford for the first time in the league win since 1981. He believes the result was a reality check for Michael Carrick's side while it secures Leeds' Premier League survival for another season. Neville also chooses his top 5 central midfielders in Premier League history.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 0· Host0:00
Well, welcome to the Gary Neville Podcast, where we've watched another dramatic game in this Premier League season, and there's been a few at Old Trafford as well, but one today that went the way of Leeds United.
Gary Neville· Host0:11
Yeah, I mean, I think that's the big story here tonight. Um, before the game, I was looking at sort of West Ham yesterday or over the weekend, and Nottingham Forest, and thinking that they've got something going a little bit. It looks like they might just have enough to get out of it. Tottenham, and we know, are in big trouble. Come onto them in a minute. And you're thinking Leeds could just get dragged down there. They've got some decent fixtures, but it's not been good. But I thought they put a really good performance in tonight, and I am... I shouldn't be, but I'm a lucky omen for [laughs] Leeds United this season. I've watched them three times. Watched them against Liverpool, Chelsea. Chelsea, they win. Liverpool, they come back in a, a draw and beat Manchester United tonight, so [laughs] they got seven points from nine in those three matches. And every time I've watched them live, they've been really good. You know, and not just really good in the terms of their passion, their commitment, but their patterns, the way in which their sort of system, um, they've got it worked out. I mean, I was there that... I think that was the first full game against Chelsea that they played that five at the back, I think. They might have gone to it in the City game just before that, uh, on the Saturday, so- Second half, I think ... yeah, second half. So it was, it was very early on in the days of the system, but what I think the system... Look, the reason I'm not a great fan of the system is 'cause usually to find wing backs that can do the sort of equal attacking and defending