Gary Neville forced to apologise live on Sky during Man United vs Man City
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville was on co-commentary for Sky Sports.
Gary Neville apologised for his co-commentary during Manchester United's goalless draw with Manchester City.
The two rivals played out a drab encounter at Old Trafford on Sunday during a season of struggle for both clubs. United had the better of the two opportunities with Alejandro Garnacho missing a golden chance from close-range in the first-half before Manuel Ugarte's volley in the second-half arrowed wide.
Ruben Amorim's side were looking to bounce back to winning ways after defeat in midweek to Nottingham Forest, despite a positive showing.
However, their season-long issues were laid bare again as their attacking quality was absent with City rarely answering back with Omar Marmoush deputising for Erling Haaland.
The former United defender was forced to apologise for his commentary, alongside Sky Sports' Peter Drury, as he admitted that he got sucked into the disappointment of the afternoon.
"I sort of know what he's saying that when they play against City they're probably more worried than Lyon in midweek," he began.
"I don't think one player walked off the pitch that wasn't disappointed, from either side, they all walked off thinking, 'we're okay here, we haven't made a mistake there'.
"It was really disappointing and I apologise for my co-commentary, I think I let it get to me, I was boring on there as well, it was drab.
"I get what he's saying about that stage of the season, City, United in a difficult moment but robotic nature of not going out of position, being micro-managed in every inch of our lives, not taking a risk to win a football match is becoming an illness in the game, a disease in the game.
"Pep Guardiola and his teams over the years but we're seeing poor imitations across the board.
"United's goalkeeper rolling his foot on the ball, that's not what it is, that's not what we do here.
"Liverpool don't do that, you've got to be a top team, tempo, rhythm in your play, moving, shift it quickly.
"From United's perspective, I get why he's gone deep, that's what we've seen from Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Erik ten Hag, they've come in for high-press, high energy football and go back to a low block in big games and I understand why Ruben Amorim's done that because he hasn't got the players to adapt."
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