Gary Neville makes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sack prediction after Man Utd smashed by Liverpool

Manchester United were battered by rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday to crank up the pressure on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Manchester United will not sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer before the end of the season, reckons Gary Neville, despite their heavy 5-0 defeat to bitter rivals Liverpool on Sunday night. The Red Devils were humiliated on their own turf at Old Trafford but Neville is confident Solskjaer will not lose his job.

Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick as Liverpool recorded their biggest ever win away at United and put an eight-point gap between the Red Devils and top-of-the-table Chelsea, who the Reds are one point behind.

Despite such a margin to the league leaders only nine games into the campaign, Neville does not think Solskjaer – who was backed with the signings of Jadon Sancho, Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo in the summer – will be axed by the Glazers.

Speaking on Sky Sports, Neville said: “They’re not close to winning the league or Champions League and nowhere near the other three teams at the moment. It was painful watching that interview, to feel questions like that but it’s part of the game.

“You’re at Man United it’s a big boy game and a big boy club and if you lose to Liverpool 5-0 at home you’re going to come under big pressure. If this was post-Sir Alex [Ferguson] aftermath, Ole would be in massive trouble tonight.

I think the club will hold their nerve and I don’t think they’ve planned for another manager this season and they’ll sit with Ole until the end of the season.

“There will be a massive outcry from fans and media from everybody that he should be sacked and I can understand why after that game. It takes some recovery.

“I lost 7-0 in Barcelona once and I knew I was done [as Valencia manager]. I’d like to hear from the board to communicate with the fans to say if they are going to back the manager over the next six months.

“The media have asked questions and the feeling is they believe in the project. Ole believes he’s close, I remain to be convinced. Man United aren’t good.

“This team finished second and added a great player everyone was buzzing with five weeks ago the reality is something has to change

“Man City might beat United 1-0 but it might be even worse they might toy with them like [Floyd] Mayweather used to do – not let them have a punch.”


Former United right-back Neville does however think that pressure will increase massively on his former team-mate after such an embarrassing loss.

He added: “I was thinking about how Man Utd deal with this post-match as a club. As a club. This is a monstrous day for Manchester United. Losing 5-0 at home to Liverpool

“The board are unequivocal in their support of the manager, but that’s going to put an enormous amount of pressure on him.

“The fans today, they’ve not turned on the manager in the ground, they never will. They were singing five minutes before the end. Absolutely outstanding, they always are.

“But Manchester United fans know when it’s not acceptable, and that’s not acceptable. Something’s got to change in that dressing room and with that coach. They can’t keep losing games like that.

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