Manchester United legend Gary Neville has defended boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after the team's 0-0 draw with Liverpool.

United defended for much of the game at Anfield, surrendering position to the home side.

But they did have a similar number of shots on target, and Neville believes their cautious approach was merited.

"I can never think of once when we went to Anfield - Sir Alex Ferguson may ring me tomorrow and say I am talking rubbish - but I can't think of once where we went to Anfield and we were able to dominate the ball," Neville told Sky Sports.

"We were back up against it for the first hour of every single match I ever played. Even at 1-0 up with 25 minutes to go you could never go for it.

"Only [with] Louis van Gaal a few seasons ago did I see Manchester United dominate at Liverpool and thought 'wow, that's a performance'.

"Every other year that I have watched us at that ground I have seen us struggle until the last minute.

"So yesterday with 20 minutes to go I was thinking 'what are you going to do Ole?'

"He could maybe have put [Mason] Greenwood on 10 minutes earlier, Fernandes could have played better.

"They got the two biggest chances in the game and that plan worked other than the chances that were missed."