Gary Neville blasts Man Utd star for 'big mistake' against Aston Villa

Morgan Rogers’ wondergoal broke the deadlock against Manchester United (Picture: Getty)

Gary Neville pointed the finger at Leny Yoro after Aston Villa opened the scoring against Manchester United, claiming the ‘ambling’ defender made a ‘big mistake’ not closing Morgan Rogers down quick enough.

Clear-cut chances were few and far between in the opening 45 minutes at Villa Park, that is until Rogers set the stadium alight with a breathtaking solo goal on the stroke of half-time.

Villa captain John McGinn sprayed the ball out wide to Rogers, who took the ball down with a deft touch before coming inside and unleashing an unstoppable strike beyond Senne Lammens from the edge of the box.

Matheus Cunha cancelled out Rogers’ moment of brilliance with a superb finish of his own just three minutes later to leave the Premier League contest evenly poised ahead of the second period.

‘That is so, so special. So, so good from Morgan Rogers ,’ former Manchester United and England right-back Neville said on Sky Sports ’ commentary of Rogers’ goal.

‘John McGinn fires it into him after a little wrestle with Luke Shaw and I just thought, as Yoro doesn’t go and close him down on that first touch… he ambles, Manchester United ’s right centre-back.

‘I thought, “Uh oh, you could be in trouble here”, because Rogers can do that.

Neville blasted Rogers after Villa’s terrific opener (Picture: Getty)

‘There’s no doubt Leny Yoro has to get out quicker, he has to make sure confronts him outside the box.

‘But once doesn’t, Rogers still has a lot to do and my goodness me does he do it!

‘They’ve been really average in this first half, Aston Villa , but Morgan Rogers is having a very special season and that is a really, really wonderful goal.’

Neville added: ‘I’ve played that position and when you play against a special player you have to edge over, if the touch is off you need to get out close and harass him, you can’t drift.