Gary Neville left stunned by Man Utd's dismal performance against Brentford

Gary Neville has shared his amazement at Manchester United's performance against Brentford and joked that he would have started a petition to give the Bees two points back if the Red Devils had won.

The 1-1 scoreline at the Gtech Stadium on Saturday night did little to tell the story of the game.

Thomas Frank's side had 31 shots against United, missed a host of big chances and ended the tie with an xG of more than three compared to the visitor's 0.59.

But Mason Mount's first Man United goal in the sixth-minute of stoppage time looked to have stolen victory only for the Bees to finally find the back of the net three minutes later through Kristoffer Ajer.

Neville gave his insight on the fixture and revealed that he was in disbelief over the performance.

'I watched them last night and couldn't believe really what I was watching.' he said on The Gary Neville Podcast. 'I thought they would put a bit of pressure on Tottenham and Villa in the run-in. It's actually really difficult to play that badly.

'Honestly, it really is you know. I can't think of any point in that game, maybe the first few minutes, where they did anything well at all.

'It was a horrible performance to the point where when Mason Mount scored, I think we may have had to start a petition to give Brentford two points back.

'It was absolute robbery. But then Brentford score. I can't explain that performance, I've no idea where it comes from. Very worrying that you can go to that level of low.

'You know you can play badly in football, you know you sometimes don't feel quite right.

'But that was a dismal, dismal effort in an attempt to play football, in an attempt to work as hard as you possibly can. When you give the ball away, their reaction is non-existent. They really