Simon Jordan has called out Gary Neville's 'absurd' commentary during Manchester United's humiliating 3-0 defeat at home to Tottenham.
Brennan Johnson, Dejan Kulusevski, and Dominic Solanke scored for the visitors in what was a horror afternoon for United. The performance had Gary Neville fuming, branding it 'absolutely disgusting' on Sky Sports while on live commentary.
United have suffered consecutive 3-0 Premier League losses at Old Trafford, including a loss to bitter rivals Liverpool, with pressure hugely mounting on manager Erik ten Hag. Nonetheless, Jordan has slammed Neville for his choice of words during his commentary.
On talkSPORT, while dissecting United's defeat, ex-Crystal Palace chairman Jordan said: "People get very critical that our agenda apparently in the studio is to constantly berate Ten Hag. I listen to the commentary from Gary Neville and the language that's being used is absurd.
"It is not a disgusting performance, it is a poor performance. But when you've got Manchester United people, who are the first ones to get very prickly if anyone else says anything about Manchester United, going in full tilt on the nature of performance... It was a poor performance against a very good Tottenham side. It wasn't disgusting. It wasn't an abhorration. You know, it's ridiculous."
Neville was particularly scathing of Ten Hag's side following Bruno Fernandes' contentious red card, remarking: "It is not as bad as I initially thought," he said of the challenge on James Maddison.
"But it sums up Man United first half which has been an absolute disgrace. It's one of the worst performances I have seen under Ten Hag - and that is saying something. It is really bad."
Earlier in the match, Neville vented: "It has been as bad as it gets - no urgency, no life in them. United have all the bodies back there, but they may as well be statues or mannequins. Tottenham are just cutting through at will. Manchester United in this first half-hour are really bad. The crowd aren't engaged at all."
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Post-match, Neville continued his criticism: "The big story today is that in that first half. You can't say it came from nowhere because Manchester United have been inconsistent all season, but they have chosen to put in their very worst performance, their very worst possible showing.
"It was an absolutely disgusting performance in that first half in effort, quality, everything you want in a football team and there are going to be questions to answer for that group (of players) and the manager in the next week."
United now look to regroup as they face Porto away in the Europa League on Thursday before heading to Aston Villa.