Gary Neville: Man Utd produced 'horrible' performance at Brentford

Manchester United's dismal display in their 1-1 draw with Brentford on Saturday night was "very worrying" says Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville.

His former club were dominated by relegation-threatened Brentford for the majority of the contest and even when Mason Mount looked to have delivered a smash-and-grab win with an injury-time goal, United blew their chance of an unlikely victory by conceding in the 99th minute.

The result and performance suggests they will have a huge task on their hands to overhaul Tottenham or Aston Villa in the race for Champions League qualification. They are currently eight points off fifth-placed Tottenham and 11 behind fourth-placed Villa, who have played a game more.

"I watched Man Utd at Brentford and like everyone else, I couldn't believe what I was watching," he said on the Gary Neville Podcast.

"I thought they would put a bit of pressure on Tottenham and Aston Villa on the run-in.

"It's actually really difficult to play that badly. Usually, whatever team you play against, even if you are a top team, the other team will have five or 10 minutes of play or a period of domination.

"I can't remember any point in the game where Man Utd did anything well at all.

"It was a horrible performance."

On the race for a Champions League spot, he added: "[Aston Villa and Tottenham] will drop points but if you look at United's level of performance, you just think that not only will they struggle to get into that fifth or fourth spot, they don't deserve to at this moment in time with what we are seeing."

Most concerning for Neville was the drop-off from United after the feelgood factor of their dramatic FA Cup quarter-final win over Liverpool at Old Trafford before the international break. There was no sign of the