Former Everton boss Sam Allardyce has hit back at Manchester United legend Gary Neville over comments made about Arsenal manager Unai Emery.

Neville, in supporting Emery, took aim at Allardyce who had criticised the Spaniard's tactics.

Big Sam told talkSPORT this morning: “Gary thinks he's an expert in the field, as you well know.

“Why he quite had a dig, I'm not that sure, but of course Gary is very open in his own opinion.

“Let me say this: I've managed seven Premier League clubs and over 1000 games – do you think I'm entitled to my opinion? I think so.

“So like I said, Gary is Gary, and in the end he thinks he's always right, that's probably the reason why he said it.

“But at the end of the day, people ask me for my opinion and I say what I see, I always give my honest opinion.

“He talks about me having to win five games to save a club from relegation, I never got five or six weeks [like Emery at Arsenal]. If I don't get a result in five weeks, the club I take over is relegated – so I have to do it in days.

“I have to work out the players immediately and convince all of them we have to turn results around immediately.

“So he's not right in what he said, but Gary is Gary – he's got his opinion and I've got mine."