Gary Neville: Pressure is on Erik ten Hag after loss to Brighton | Premier League | NBC Sports

LAST YEAR IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE. CERTAINLY COSTLY FOR THAT TITLE CONTENDING TEAM. CALLING THE ACTION FOR GARY NEVILLE. THANKS FOR GIVING US A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME. I KNOW THE GUYS WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE LETTER AND ARSENAL, BUT WE HAVE TO START WITH WHAT WE JUST SAW WITH MANCHESTER UNITED GOING ON A LATE GOAL 2-1 TO BRIGHTON. WHAT DID YOU THINK? >> A REALLY DEPRESSING AND TO THE GAME. TO THINK THAT A DRAW WOULD BE HALF AS ACCEPTABLE IT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF PRESSURE ON ERIK TEN HAG AND INTO THE GAME NEXT WEEK AGAINST LIVERPOOL. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WOULD BE SURPRISED WITHOUT SETTING IT FORWARD. HE CORRECTED AT HALFTIME BY BRINGING ZIRKZEE ON. BUT HE ALREADY WASTED 45 MINUTES IN THE MATCH. THAT IS A REAL PROBLEM. THE FIRST GOAL WAS POOR DEFENSIVELY. I JUST WATCHED IT AGAIN COMING UP TO THE GANTRY. WHEN YOU CLEAR FROM THE CORNER, YOU CAN'T DEFEND AS YOU ARE STILL DEFENDING THE SECOND PHASE OF A HONOR. I ONLY WATCHED IT ONCE BACK ON THE REPLAY. IT LOOKS LIKE -- POSITION ON THAT POST AND GO BACK TO CENTRAL MIDFIELD. THE NET -- LACK OF CONCENTRATION, LACK OF FOCUS, IT DOES PUT SOME PRESSURE ON THEM. >> I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR THEORY ON ASTON VILLA. NOW IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. HOW DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND PREMIER LEAGUE? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT -- >> THAT'S A REASON I DON'T HAVE THEM IN MY CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPOT. JUST PURELY BECAUSE OF THIS FIRST SEASON THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY THE SQUAD IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. THE ONE CAVEAT I WOULD HAVE ON THIS IS THE MANAGER AND I, EMORY, PROBABLY LEAVING THE SECOND -- HAS BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK. HE KNOWS HOW TO NAVIGATE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL, EUROPA LEAGUE FOOTBALL, AND PLAY OF THE WEEKEND. THEY'VE ADDED A LOT OF PLAYERS TO THE SQUAD. BUT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STRAIN OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOR THE FIRST TIME TAKES OUR TEAMS, AND I WILL BE SOMETHING I HAVE WITH ALL OF THEM. ARSENAL ARE GOING TO BE IN FOR A REALLY ROUGH RIDE. >> JUST JUMPING OVER TO ARSENAL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEARNING FROM LAST SEASON, THE SIGNING. THERE COULD BE ANOTHER ONE COMING IN THE DOOR REALLY QUICKLY. HOW MUCH OF THE IMPROVED, AND IS THAT ENOUGH TO WIN THE TITLE? >> DON'T LISTEN TO ME, BECAUSE I HAD THEM WITH THE TITLE LAST SEASON. THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSE. THEY LOST BOTH GAMES AGAINST ASTON VILLA. THE PROBLEM THEY HAD WAS THAT HE WAS A REALLY TALENTED PLAYER, HE PUSHES IT TO MIDFIELD. I WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING TO PLAY TODAY WITH ONE OF THE NEW SITE ENDS. IT IS THOSE LITTLE FIND MARGINS THAT ARE REALLY HIGH-LEVEL LEVEL. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO TOO MUCH BUSINESS THIS SUMMER. IS TH

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