Gary Neville tried to defend the full-backs from Roy Keane's criticism (Image: Sky Sports)
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“I guarantee if you did the same do you think we’d be telling you off?
“If you didn’t close somebody down - of course we would!
“Gary, he is back there. He is two yards away. Get out to him like your life depends on it.
“There is an obsession with players running but the ball is the danger. There is no runner there, just the ball so go and close it down.
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“Don’t worry about what is going on over there or there. It is the basics.”
Neville again tried to make an excuse for the full-backs.
“We are listening to central midfielders here,” he added.
“From a full-backs point of view I can see why 70 minutes into a game your legs have been worn into the ground.
“You just haven’t got that last little bit of energy to get unto that second ball. It isn’t great defending but I have sympathy because Pep Guardiola’s team do this to you.”