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Man Utd legend Neville: Why bottle now crucial factor in title run in

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has made it clear bottle matters at this stage of the season.

Neville wrote in the Mail on Sunday: "A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength. Which is the only one that is variable at this stage of the season? Physically, the work has been done long ago to prepare you for this moment; technically, your ability is set in stone by now; and tactics, you can tweak a bit but you won't make dramatic changes.

"The one factor that is volatile is the mind of a player. And when does the mind start to play tricks on you? When you're under pressure. And for footballers, that means in April and May."

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