Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville has insisted that he has been left scratching his head at one detail from Manchester United’s performance against West Ham on Thursday.
The Red Devils have only won once in their last five Premier League matches and picked up three draws under manager Ruben Amorim in recent weeks.
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Manchester United have led their matches against Nottingham Forest, Tottenham and West Ham, only for the club to blow their leads and pick up draws instead.
The Red Devils were back in action at Old Trafford on Thursday evening and United’s 1-1 result against West Ham was another setback for Ruben Amorim’s men.
United dropped valuable points on Thursday evening and missed out on the chance of closing serious distance on the Premier League top four in the current campaign.
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Diogo Dalot had put Manchester United 1-0 up in the second half after a superb finish before West Ham fought back and rescued a vital Premier League point.
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Soungoutou Magassa pounced on Noussair Mazraoui’s clearance after the ball landed in his path and he netted the all-important equaliser for the Hammers on Thursday.
Speaking on Sky Sports, Gary Neville was baffled that United did not do everything in their power to secure all three points and move close to the top-four picture.
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“We had good moments and we lost a little bit of control after the goal. We should have closed the game when we scored the first one.”
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“And this was a massive opportunity,” he said on The Gary Neville Podcast.
“You saw the games that are lined up. Everton, Crystal Palace, they won the most difficult game at Crystal Palace.
“You know, West Ham at home, Wolves on Monday. And you’re thinking, oh, ten points. That could put Manchester United into a serious position in the league.”
Neville pointed out that United could even find themselves in third place in the table if they capitalised on their opportunities ahead of European football fixtures returning.
“You know, they could be up there in third and really then sort of starting to think about the program they’ve got when everybody kicks into European football and the Cup competitions kicking again into sort of February, March,” he continued.
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United were unable to hold onto their advantage after Diogo Dalot’s second-half opener and struggled to re-establish their lead in the dying stages of Thursday’s match.
Neville admitted that United ‘lacked’ both the urgency and intensity against West Ham and should have thrown the kitchen sink at the Hammers to secure a win.
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“I don’t get the lack of urgency and the lack of intensity. I don’t get the slow play. I don’t get the lack of sort of risk in the game.
“I don’t get it.”
Following United’s result against West Ham, the Red Devils are eighth in the Premier League and will now travel to the Molineux to face 20th-place Wolves on Monday.
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