Gary Neville makes Manchester United prediction amid 'serious team meeting' after Lisandro Martinez outburst

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-18 · by Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

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Gary Neville predicts Manchester United will win their upcoming match against Leeds United despite the club's recent struggles. Following a 2-0 loss to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League and midfielder Lisandro Martinez’s critical comments about the team, Neville believes a serious team meeting has galvanized the squad for a positive outcome. Neville expects Man United to perform similarly to their last match against Atletico Madrid and secure victory due to Leeds' perceived inferiority compared to the Spanish side.

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Gary Neville predicts Manchester United will win their upcoming match against Leeds United after defender Lisandro Martinez's critical comments about the club. Martinez criticized United's recruitment strategy following their 2-0 loss to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on October 18. Despite initial concerns that such criticism would harm team morale, Neville believes the outburst has galvanized the squad positively. He expects a strong performance from Manchester United at Elland Road and suggests they may have had a serious team meeting addressing Martinez's comments. Neville also noted that fans generally agreed with Martinez’s critique but stressed that such public dissent is typically not beneficial in a dressing room setting.

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Neville, who will be on co-commentary duty for Sky Sports at Elland Road, believes Martinez’s comments will have galvanised the Man United squad in a positive way and has backed his former club to pick up all three points in the ‘Roses derby’. “I actually think Manchester United are going to win, maybe that’s just blind faith,” Neville said.

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🔮 Neville, who will be on co-commentary duty for Sky Sports at Elland Road, believes Martinez’s comments will have galvanised the Man United squad in a positive way and has backed his former club to pick up all three points in the ‘Roses derby’. “I actually think Manchester United are going to win, maybe that’s just blind faith,” Neville said.

2026-10-18 · Evening Standard

Gary Neville makes Manchester United prediction amid 'serious team meeting' after Lisandro Martinez outburst · assertive framing

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Following Man United’s 2-0 loss to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night, stretching their winless run to five games across all competitions, Martinez launched a stinging attack on the club’s hierarchy and his team-mates. asserted

Martinez → follow → hierarchy

Neville → believe → derby

I think what Martinez did during the week, I think they will have had a serious team meeting. asserted

they → think → meeting

“I think they would have said ‘this is it now’, it should have happened last weekend against Tottenham when they came back off the international break. asserted

they → think → break

“That was when we should have seen a response after the Fulham game but we didn’t. “ asserted

we → see → game

I think we may see the response today after what has happened in midweek and if they play like they did in midweek against Atletico Madrid, they probably will win here [Elland Road] today because that was a decent performance and Atletico Madrid, I think, are a better team that Leeds.” uncertain

I → think → Madrid

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