Gary Neville Slams 'Robotic' Football in Manchester Derby as a 'Disease'

Gary Neville slams the Manchester derby as a 'disease' due to the lackluster and 'robotic' football displayed by both teams.

Gary Neville, a Manchester United legend and pundit, expressed his frustration with the lackluster display in the Manchester derby on Sunday. The highly anticipated match at Old Trafford ended in a goalless draw, with neither team able to create a decisive moment. 

The game has been widely panned as one of the most uninspiring of the season. Neville, 50, believes that the managers, Pep Guardiola and Ruben Amorim, are responsible for the dull spectacle. He described the “robotic” style of football on display as a *disease,” suggesting that the lack of creativity and passion was a major turn-off for fans.

Ranting on Sky Sports after the match, Neville said: “I don’t think there was one player who walked off the pitch disappointed about drawing the game 0-0, from either side.

"That's not a Premier League game of football."

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“I think they all sort of walked off thinking 'We're okay here, we got away without making a mistake.' It was really disappointing, I apologise for my co-commentary, I think I let it get to me. I was boring on there as well. That was drab.

“I get what he (Amorim) is saying about it being that point in the season, with City and United being in a difficult moment.

“But this robotic nature of not leaving our positions, being micro-managed within an inch of our lives, not having any freedom to take a risk to go and try and win a football match is becoming an illness in the game, it’s becoming a disease in the game.”