Gary Neville rips Luke Shaw apart as Manchester United star branded 'a waste of time'

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Gary Neville has slammed Luke Shaw for his performance in Manchester United's 1-0 defeat to Everton . Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall fired the Toffees to victory at Old Trafford on Monday night, ending the Reds' unbeaten run in the Premier League .

Shortly before the hour mark, Ruben Amorim replaced Patrick Dorgu with Diogo Dalot , persisting with his five-at-the-back system. Neville was infuriated by the decision, describing it as 'embarrassing'.

He also took aim at Shaw for 'ambling' as United pushed for an equaliser. Speaking on Sky Sports from the gantry, the Reds legend said: "You have to have urgency and make the pitch as big as possible, and you have to put as many players as possible in forward areas .

"You have Shaw,[Leny] Yoro and [Matthijs] De Ligt behind the ball. Shaw is getting forward more, but he's ambling forward, let's be clear. He's been bugging me for the last 20 minutes. He's ambling, you can't do that.

"He should be running forward every single time, I don't care. Yoro, I have a little bit more sympathy for but Shaw? That's a waste of time. I don't care. It's a waste of time. It's not conning anybody. I'm not having it."

United enjoyed the lion's share of possession for much of the match, but they lacked guile in the final third. Neville grew increasingly frustrated as the second half progressed, as the Reds struggled to break down David Moyes ' side.

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The United legend claimed that Shaw should not have been deployed centrally, and Amorim should've brought on attacking reinforcements. Neville continued: "Ruben Amorim has a question to answer.

"Bringing Dalot on over there in front of Shaw? I don't quite see it. You have five at the back, why? They still don't win the first ball or the second ball. Embarrassing.

"This should be like the Alamo. Really quick, high-tempo passing side-to-side, getting into good wide areas, putting crosses in, getting bodies in attack, sustaining attacks. It's very slow from United. There is no presence in the box whatsoever."

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After the game, Neville reflected on his criticism of United. Speaking on his podcast , the Reds legend claimed his former side were 'complacent', and the result will 'erode trust' in the dressing room.

"It just smelt of complacency," said Neville. "They weren't at it from the beginning. That is a bad one for United. I think they've been a lot better in the last few weeks. That probably takes us back to Brentford away.

"You can't go from the fight that they showed in certain games to that. It just erodes confidence, it erodes trust. We're trying to build a trust in a manager, we're trying to build a trust in a team.

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"The fans booed collectively at the end. It was loud, and rightly so. That was a really poor performance. It's almost as if you've gone sort of like two or three steps forward, everyone's feeling a little bit better about themselves, and you've just gone back to the start again.

"You can lose football matches, but you can't lose them like that. That's nowhere near good enough, it's not acceptable."

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