Gary Neville has claimed that Manchester City and Manchester United finishing in fourth and fifth places respectively is simply not good enough for the two Premier League giants.
City and United played out a 0-0 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday night and in truth the result perhaps does not do either side any favours in their hopes of finishing in the top four this season.
Tipped to challenge for the Premier League title, both City and United are currently occupying mediocre 4th and 5th places in the table respectively at the moment and Neville has blasted the two Manchester giants for not performing to their best this season.
He said on the Gary Neville Podcast: "I have no doubts these two will get into the top three in the next couple seasons. I think both managers, if you'd asked them at the start of the season, would be disappointed with where they are now, with these points.
"Both probably recognise the size of the job more than when they first came, maybe felt that investment in the summer would have had greater impact and pushed them to the top of the league.
"But they've fallen short. City have fallen short defensively I think in general, and United have fallen short in those really disappointing home draws where they should have killed teams off. Both these managers have been around the block, they're clinical and ruthless enough and are not going to wait. They are not going to give these players chances.
"The ones that have disappointed them will be gone, and there will be some turnaround in the summer in both squads to get them where they want to be, because both of these managers want to be number one. Four and five is not acceptable for Mourinho and Guardiola."
