“Rubbish.”
Gary Neville pulls no punches in commentary, as Arthur Masuaku found out on Sunday afternoon.
The West Ham defender was on the end of a 4-0 drubbing at Old Trafford to Manchester United, and his actions in the run-up to Romelu Lukaku’s second goal was highlighted.
The French defender was spotted laughing as West Ham prepared to defend a United free-kick, from which Lukaku scored.
“I don’t like to single out players,” Thierry Henry said on Sky Sport, before singling out a player.
“But look at Masuaku there. He is laughing at Lukaku. Lukaku was not laughing. If you defend like this you are going to get punished. You cannot defend like this. I know you are playing in the Theatre of Dreams, but you cannot be day-dreaming like that.”
Neville went a step further than Henry with his criticism. The former United defender, who was on co-commentary duty for Sky, predicted West Ham manager Slaven Bilic will be extremely unhappy with Masuaku for laughing seconds before conceding a goal.
“He will be furious when he sees that goal. His laughing left-back. Get him off. Rubbish.”
A lot of people spotted Neville’s criticism of the player.
https://twitter.com/zizousLEFTBoot/status/896771721231044608
https://twitter.com/JackHampton100/status/896770819015168001
"What are you doing? Get him off. Rubbish" – @GNev2 #MUNWHU
— Anthony (@AnthonyL80) August 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/LB_3376/status/896771338903457792
https://twitter.com/ryanknowles_/status/896770655869214720
Quite rightly scathing of Masuaku, Gary Neville: 'thats rubbish' #MUNWHU
— Niall Scott (@njscott1987) August 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/Kris_Journalist/status/896770449635393536
.@GNev2 rightly so going in on #westham defender for laughing with #lukaku before conceding. Get him off! #manwhu
— Craig Connolly (@craigconnolly87) August 13, 2017
