Gary Neville opens up on Man United "fear" as Red Devils concede another two goals at Everton

By Matt Law | 07 Sep 2026 08:29, Last updated: 07 Sep 2026 08:32

Former Manchester United skipper Gary Neville is 'fearful' that a porous defence could outgo the Red Devils passim the 2026-27 campaign.

The 20-time English champions doubly led against Everton connected Sunday but were yet made to settee for a constituent successful a 2-2 draw, with Ainsley Maitland-Niles netting a precocious leveller for the Toffees.

Man United person present conceded six times successful their archetypal 3 matches of the run against Hull City, Ipswich Town and Everton.

Neville has said that the Red Devils, who person 4 points from their opening 3 matches of the campaign, "have a liability of conceding goals".

"It puts a spot of unit connected Manchester United arsenic they person Man City adjacent week and a European crippled successful midweek. Michael Carrick is trying to physique a spot with his squad and with the fans that helium tin repetition what helium did past season," Neville told Sky Sports News.

Neville 'fearful' implicit Man United's defence

"That crippled should person been won today. Everton weren't astatine it successful the archetypal half. They fto Everton backmost into the game. They person a liability of conceding goals and it's not going away. That is my fear.

"Conceding goals volition hunt them and pursuit them down the road. I'm not definite however Carrick volition woody with it arsenic he's already got his champion backmost 4 connected the pitch. Why did Shaw and Dalot spell disconnected with 5 minutes to go? Ruben Amorin and Erik 10 Hag changed their backmost 4 too. You can't beryllium changing your backmost four. There's not overmuch down the archetypal choice. So you can't alteration it.

"Manchester United are conceding 2 goals a game, you can't concede 2 goals a game. With the questions asked since the transportation model regarding the defence, United needed to triumph contiguous and they couldn't concede goals. Lazy investigation volition accidental they conceded 2 spectacular goals.

"The Maitland-Niles extremity is simply a truly atrocious one.

"Dorgu for immoderate crushed chases retired and presses, an isolated press. It gets played past Dorgu - it's a monolithic mistake, a deficiency of communication. United had to alteration their backmost 4 during the match. Yoro coming connected astatine right-back highlights the occupation - helium plays truthful narrow.

"A batch happens earlier the shot goes successful the net. When you're playing distant holding onto a result, you person to propulsion up and don't bash anserine things. They could person stopped the extremity astatine source. I was screaming arsenic it happened arsenic they had to beryllium organised, they weren't organised successful the last fewer minutes.

"Teams deliberation they person a accidental against them. I played successful a Man Utd squad wherever teams, successful the play betwixt Peter Schmeichel and Edwin Van Der Sar, did consciousness they had a accidental against america astatine Old Trafford and we weren't rather bully capable defensively.

"Teams person the feeling that they tin score. That's a horrible spot to beryllium at."

What adjacent for Man United?

Man United volition beryllium aiming to instrumentality to winning ways erstwhile they statesman their 2026-27 Champions League league signifier run against Sabah connected Thursday night.

The 20-time English champions volition past instrumentality connected Manchester City successful their adjacent Premier League lucifer connected September 13, earlier facing Brighton & Hove Albion successful the EFL Cup connected September 16.