Gary Neville said he was 'unprofessional' at Liverpool vs Man Utd as he faces more backlash

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Gary Neville was accused of being unprofessional while commentating on Manchester United 's win against Liverpool . It's not the first time the Red Devils legend has been levelled with that claim.

Neville , 50, was on commentary duty for Sky Sports during Sunday's clash which was a pulsating fixture from start to finish. Bryan Mbeumo puts the visitors ahead after just a minute of action and it remained 1-0 until Cody Gakpo , who struck the woodwork three times before, fired home from close range in the 78th minute.

With both sides looking for a winner, it was Ruben Amorim's men who laid the final blow after Harry Maguire's header from a sumptuous Bruno Fernandes cross nestled in the back of Giorgi Mamardashvili's net, condemning the league champions to a fourth consecutive defeat .

The thousands of away fans raucously celebrated the England defender's winner and they were joined by Neville, who was unable to quieten his glee on the Sky Sports airwaves.

Given his role as co-commentator, fans on social media voiced their displeasure with Neville's reaction with one X user writing: "I get it but this is so unprofessional from Gary Neville loool."

It was an opinion shared by many online with another user taking aim at Neville's objectivity by commenting: "Gary Neville turned from pundit to full-time United ultra in 0.5 seconds. Man forgot he’s live on Sky, not in the away end."

The ex-England man has had to contend with accusations of being unprofessional in his commentary role and even admitted to doing so during United's 4-0 defeat to Liverpool in April 2022.

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Neville's praise of Hannibal Mejbri led to widespread criticism after the now-Burnley midfielder committed two aggressive fouls within minutes of coming on in the 84th minute.

After being handed a yellow card for taking out Jordan Henderson , the Tunisian ace risked being sent off after a similarly-harsh challenge on Naby Keita just seconds later.

While commentating for Sky Sports, Neville admitted he was "proud" of Hannibal's passion as he said: "To be fair, at least the kid's showing a bit of something. Honestly, it takes a young kid to come on and show the rest of them how to sprint to the ball and put a challenge in.

"I’m actually proud of him. Maybe he doesn’t like the idea of Liverpool players passing round him. I wish the rest of them were the same." It was only after the game when Neville put his hands up and admitted he stepped over the line when it came to be objective in his duties.

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"That is why I aired on to the slightly unprofessional side of commentary tonight," Neville said. "When I said that the kid [Mejbri] to be fair I was proud of him because he was going round trying to top people and trying to kick people.

"But he demonstrated something, he showed something. He didn’t like the idea of Liverpool, at Anfield, passing it around him and the idea of Liverpool taking the mick out of him and his teammates."

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