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Phil Neville rejects sack calls for Man Utd boss Solskjaer: I played in 5-0 Newcastle defeat

Former Manchester United defender Phil Neville says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should stay.

The Inter Miami coach insists United will recover from their 5-0 home defeat to Liverpool.

He told The Sun: "I've played on United teams that lost 5-0.

"These things happen in football. I think the sensationalism of everything now is just out of control.

“United lost a game of football 5-0 to Liverpool. Yes, it hurt. Yes, it was probably a real sickening blow for everybody that's ever played, supported, or been involved with Manchester United- but it's as if United has never lost 5-0 ever in history.

"This has happened and United bounced back and won things. I lost at St James' Park 5-0. Philippe Albert chipped Peter Schmeichel and it felt no different. The only difference was there was not a billion people on Twitter thinking they knew best about this, that and the other.

“The Steve Bruce case went beyond criticism, that was a form of bullying, disgusting behavior, trolling, some of the most disgusting things I have ever read or seen in my whole life.

“We live in an era where it's seen as quite normal to ask people to be sacked, which I find absolutely incredible.

"If you were in any other workplace and you walked into a shop and you said,' I want you to be sacked, I want you to be sacked,' I think you would be reported to the police."

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