Gary Neville 'emotional' when Mbeumo scored as Man Utd did one thing he called for

Gary Neville says how he got "quite emotional" when Bryan Mbeumo scored against Manchester City over what he had been calling for over months.

Second-half goals from Mbuemo and Patrick Dorgu capped a brilliant performance as a rejuvenated Manchester United inflicted further damage on City’s title chances with a deserved 2-0 win at Old Trafford.

It was Michael Carrick’s first game since he was appointed head coach for the remainder of the season following the sacking of Ruben Amorim.

And he adjusted the formation with four at the back in a system where Luke Shaw and Diogo Dalot were encouraged to get forward.

Neville now tells how it was the attacking football from United with players getting football which he liked most about the display.

"I got quite emotional when Mbeumo’s goal went in because I thought 'oh my God that’s what I’ve been asking for', it’s what everyone in this ground has been asking for, we know what it looks like," said Neville.

"And you know what, we don’t have to win, I keep saying that, we don’t have a right to win at this club and we might lose the next 10 matches, I don’t care, but the intent to do the right thing is there. Those players have set themselves a standard, in attitude, aggression."

Neville liked the system which played to United's strengths. "If you said to me what I want to see it’s a 4-4-2, really compact and engaging, aggressive. I want to see doubling up of wingers, fullbacks working together to nullify opposition wingers, I want to see two central midfielders tied together and combining to stop Foden in the no 10 position," he said.

"I want to see two centre-halves be aggressive against a great centre forward and nullify him. I want to see a combination of two centre forwards in Mbeumo and Fernandes, and Cunha when he came on making sure they are linking together and linking up, and also blocking passes in Rodri to not make it easy.

"It is very simple system 4-4-2 I’ve played it all my life, basically the combination of pairs, the way pairs work together all over the pitch, that’s the left winger and a left back, a right winger and a right back, it’s two central midfielders, it’s two centre forwards, two centre backs, then you might have your left-sided centre half with the left back, it’s pairs all over, it’s how they are compact together so they can play with each other.

"When Manchester United’s wide players got the ball high up the pitch you often saw Shaw and Dalot very close to them. Shaw has played left centre back here, I don’t know how many times in the last six months and I’ve been screaming for him to go forward and get close to whoever his left wing-back is and he has been holding back, just go!"