He may be long retired, but the old rivalries still burn in Gary Neville.
The former Manchester United defender was – unfortunately for him – on hand to witness his old club play out a goalless draw at Liverpool in one of the dullest matches of the season last night.
It was a shocking spectacle on the field and, as this picture shows, things weren’t much better in the stands.
Welcome to Anfield pic.twitter.com/cKgK6uNABE
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) October 18, 2016
Yeah, that’s not exactly the intimidating reception you’d expect for a United manager at Anfield – especially when that manager is Jose Mourinho.
We can spot maybe one face in there looking vaguely unimpressed – the rest are all looking on in what appears to be awe at the arrival of the Special One.
Neville later said the tweet was not intended as a dig at Liverpool specifically, and more as a comment on the state of modern football.
It wasn't a dig at Liverpool actually. Its scary for all football . @premierleague @FA https://t.co/ZGSm3ioc5O
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) October 18, 2016
And fans definitely thought he had a point.
@GNev2 welcome to football in 2016. People more interested in filming the game, or filming themselves watching it!
— Jason Clogg (@DBCloggy) October 18, 2016
@GNev2 was this whilst they were piping in 'you'll never walk alone' through the speakers to make it sound louder?
— Mack The Knife (@IdMjones) October 18, 2016
@GNev2 @premierleague @FA football now is all about tourist snapshots , pretty sure gaz preferred the relentless abuse he got instead haha
— Kev (@kevazza2804) October 18, 2016
@GNev2 @premierleague @FA @MysticMO11 Aguero penalty on Saturday Gary, embarrassing pic.twitter.com/cRCk9WScUE
— Joe Devine (@Joe_Nufc1892) October 18, 2016
@GNev2 gone are the days where we use to see hostile crowd Gary now these bums just want to click pics for Instagram!
— Aditya Tewari (@AdityaTewari) October 18, 2016
That’s football…
