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Man Utd well below acceptable in loss to Everton - Neville

Ex-Manchester United star and Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville has slammed Louis van Gaal's side for their 'toothless' performance against Everton on Sunday.

The Red Devils lost 3-0 to the Toffees at Goodison Park after goals from James McCarthy, John Stones and Kevin Mirallas and Neville felt it was an extremely disappointing performance from his former club.

"It was a strange game, and you would have thought that both teams had nothing to play for in some ways," Neville said on the Gary Neville Podcast.

"The atmosphere was strange all day long. Usually when Everton are beating Manchester United the place would be bouncing.

"United were toothless, and that is being kind.

"I didn't really see them try and dribble past a player, make any forward runs.

"At times they were not getting enough men in the box and the final pass was poor.

"It is the worst I have seen United play for five or six weeks.

"They have been playing so well. Even in defeat at Stamford Bridge last week they played really well.

"For a long time United have had a good record at Everton but certainly not in the last three seasons.

"Last season was such a poor performance. I don't think United were that bad today, despite it being a worse result.

"Today United just didn't come to terms with how they had to play the game. They needed to show more urgency."

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