Gary Neville slams Manchester United tactic vs Chelsea and fumes at Andre Onana

Gary Neville aimed a sarcastic jibe at Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana after almost gifting Chelsea a golden chance during the clash at Old Trafford on Sunday.

The incident occurred in the 20th minute when Onana, who returned to the starting XI after dropping out of the side that beat Leicester on Wednesday, put Casemiro in trouble with a risky pass out from the back. Nicolas Jackson was in to pounce and got a touch on the ball, only for it to loop over the crossbar.

It was a moment that could have gone much worse for United and Neville provided a tongue-in-cheek response to Onana decision to pass out from the back while co-commentating for Sky Sports. After re-watching the clip back, a frustrated Neville fumed: "I mean, what a pass that is from the goalkeeper. What a pass..."

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The game is United's first in the Premier League since Erik ten Hag was sacked and Ruud van Nistelrooy took over on an interim basis. The former United forward started off his brief tenure with 5-2 win over Leicester in the Carabao Cup and has three more matches at the helm before Ruben Amorim arrives from Sporting CP.

With Amorim set to start work as the new United head coach on Monday, November 11, Van Nistelrooy was asked before the game whether Amorim has had any influence on team selection and tactics.

He told Sky Sports: "No. There's no contact about this, it's very clear and it's communicated with the players that I'll be in charge until Sunday next week, the Leicester game, after that the new manager will take over.

"That's why it's clear for the players and staff, we can just focus on one thing and that's winning these three games."