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Gary Neville rips into 'absolutely pathetic' Manchester United for 'worst 15 minutes ever'

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Flood, G. (2026, September 20). Gary Neville rips into 'absolutely pathetic' Manchester United for 'worst 15 minutes ever'. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/man-utd-gary-neville-fulham-martinez-own-goal-b1297691.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-09-20 · by George Flood

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Gary Neville criticized Manchester United's performance during the second half of their Premier League match against Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday, calling it the worst 15 minutes he had seen in 46 years of watching the team. During his commentary for Sky Sports, Neville described the players as lacking effort and walking through the game, highlighting a particularly poor goal where Lisandro Martinez inadvertently scored an own goal after Senne Lammens' initial save. Neville also expressed concern about the message this performance sends to interim manager Michael Carrick under increasing pressure.
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Fulham vs Manchester United: Match Preview

Manchester United visit Fulham on Sunday, September 20, aiming to break a three-game winless streak across all competitions. Manager Michael Carrick faces increasing pressure after an unconvincing start under his permanent leadership since being appointed in the summer.

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Manchester United will be keen to secure a victory against a Fulham side that has yet to win under their new manager but remains competitive in cup competitions. With both teams looking to turn around recent negative trends, the match promises to be an exciting encounter.

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🔮 But to do so they will need to end their hoodoo at this famous old ground, where they have remarkably not won in the league since 2012.
🔮 Barcelona loanee Ronald Araujo, who played in central defence on Wednesday night, is set to resume his regular role at right-back in the absence of the injured Jeremie Frimpong and Conor Bradley.
🔮 But to do so they will need to end their hoodoo at this famous old ground, where they have remarkably not won in the league since 2012.
🔮 Influential midfielder Szoboszlai limped off just over half an hour into his return from a hamstring issue suffered on international duty with Hungary that initially led to him missing two matches, while winger Munoz sustained a knee problem in the same fixture after scoring the equaliser against the Bees. Both players have sat out the last three games in a row against Villarreal, Brighton and Chelsea, though Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola admitted at his pre-match press conference on Friday that there was “a chance” they could each return against Arsenal.
🔮 Iraola made sweeping changes for Liverpool’s Carabao Cup win over Chelsea in midweek, but Alisson Becker, Jeremy Jacquet, Milos Kerkez, Alexis Mac Allister, Florian Wirtz, Bradley Barcola and Alexander Isak are all expected to return to the starting lineup against Arsenal.
🔮 Cole Palmer then stepped up to dispatch the spot-kick for Chelsea as Senne Lammens got two hands on the ball but could not keep it out, leaving reeling United trailing 2-0 with 10 men and 25 minutes still to play.
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🔮 An initially brighter performance may well hand Carrick another stay of execution ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League visit from Roma as fans continued to show him support and aim their ire elsewhere, though a dismal nine-game winless run could surely force the club’s hand amid a nightmare fixture run.
🔮 Manchester United are pondering a shock swoop for Leeds striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, while they could yet battle Chelsea and Arsenal for Jacobo Ramon.
🔮 Michael Carrick will be desperate for a positive result to ease the enormous pressure on his job, having surprisingly been offered a stay of execution despite heavy defeats by Como and Bournemouth over the past 10 days that continued a wretched start to the season and appeared to leave his position untenable.
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Brazilian Fulham Premier League The Red Devils United

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Neville PERSON · 4× United ORG · 4× Cunha PERSON · 2× Fulham ORG · 2× Michael Carrick PERSON · 2× Calvin Bassey PERSON · 1× Lisandro Martinez PERSON · 1× Premier League ORG · 1× Senne Lammens PERSON · 1× The Red Devils ORG · 1×

Narrative

The Red Devils followed up a disappointing first-half performance in a crucial Premier League clash at Craven Cottage on Sunday with a mostly woeful display after the interval, in which Neville accused them of “walking for 15 minutes” and delivering a shocking “lack of effort”.
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🔮 “Maybe that will wake them up, maybe that will wake Fulham up as well.”

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The Red Devils followed up a disappointing first-half performance in a crucial Premier League clash at Craven Cottage on Sunday with a mostly woeful display after the interval, in which Neville accused them of “walking for 15 minutes” and delivering a shocking “lack of effort”. asserted
Neville → follow → effort
The former long-time United right-back even went as far as to say that it was the worst quarter of an hour he had even seen from a United team in the 46 years he had been watching the club. asserted
he → go → club
To compound their misery, United fell behind to Fulham in comical fashion, with the ball bouncing in off Lisandro Martinez from outside the six-yard box after goalkeeper Senne Lammens had initially saved from Calvin Bassey. asserted
Lammens → compound → Bassey
It was an awful sequence of play from the visitors as Kobbie Mainoo’s poor pass intended for Matheus Cunha was seized upon by Bassey, whose challenge on the Brazilian was deemed fair following a VAR check. asserted
challenge → intend → check
“It’s a real mess. asserted
It → ’ → ?
He’s not strong enough, Cunha,” Neville said during his co-commentary duties on Sky Sports. asserted
Neville → ’ → Sports
“I have to say, I’ve watched Manchester United since the age of five and that’s the worst 15 minutes I’ve ever seen them play. asserted
them → say → five
They’ve walked for 15 minutes. asserted
They → walk → minutes
You get what you deserve in a football match. asserted
you → get → match
“Maybe that will wake them up, maybe that will wake Fulham up as well.” asserted
that → wake → Fulham
Neville added: “I’ve never seen a lack of effort for 15, 20 minutes like I’ve just seen there. asserted
I → add → minutes
What must he [Michael Carrick] be thinking, he can’t believe what he’s watched in that last 15, 20 minutes.” asserted
he → think → minutes
Neville had said before the goal: “It's a few minutes of the blue mannequins playing against the white mannequins and then it switches around, bizarre football match. asserted
it → say → mannequins
“They won't go anywhere with a lack of urgency like this. asserted
They → go → this
I don't know if it's fear, lack of complacency, they're just not working hard.” asserted
they → know → complacency
He later added: “If I was Michael Carrick I'd be worried about the message the players are sending him, coming out of the half-time talk with this lack of urgency is remarkable. asserted
coming → add → urgency
With the pressure mounting further on under-fire boss Carrick, United’s blushes were eventually spared in west London by Cunha, who equalised with just one minute of normal time to go after his shot took a heavy deflection off David Affengruber to deceive Bernd Leno. asserted
shot → mount → Leno
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