What Manchester United did that surprised Gary Neville as he criticises Liverpool FC support

Gary Neville has admitted he was surprised Manchester United managed to keep a clean sheet at Anfield on Sunday, adding that the Liverpool fans did not help their team's cause.

Despite a record Premier League home attendance of 57,158 for the Merseyside club, the atmosphere seemed to be pretty flat as the hosts struggled to find a breakthrough. Jurgen Klopp's side had the majority of the possession and plenty of shots but they could not break down a resolute defence.

Arguably the best chance of the match fell to United in the second half but Rasmus Hojlund was denied well by Alisson. Reflecting on the uneventful game, Neville claimed there was something off about the occasion from a Liverpool perspective.

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He told Sky Sports: "I’m surprised that it was a draw, I didn’t think Man United had a clean sheet in them, I didn’t think they had a defensive performance like that in them. Obviously Liverpool were far below par, you can look at the statistics all you like but they were so scruffy, clumsy in the final third and Man United grew in the game.

"I actually thought Liverpool could’ve lost it because United started to get counter-attacks, dangerous ones because of the switch Klopp made away from the 4-3-3.

"It was an awkward watch for Liverpool today, the atmosphere I thought was the worst ever at a match between the two teams. It’s the largest crowd they’ve had for the last 60, 70 years but they were so quiet and I’m usually complimentary about Liverpool fans.

"There might’ve been a little bit of overconfidence out there today, I saw people wearing Christmas jumpers with 7-0 on them and stuff like that! But that can seriously play