Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has revealed what manager, Jose Mourinho must do if he must beat Tottenham in their next Premier League encounter.
The former defender said the Portuguese gaffer has lost faith in his central defenders and should swap to a back three to compensate for their lack of confidence.
The Red Devils’ defence conceded three times against Brighton on Sunday, having also failed to keep a clean sheet against Leicester.
They made a number of errors at the Amex on Sunday.
Neville expects Mourinho to do something different with his line-up against Tottenham to try and protect his fragile defence.
“What we’ve seen today are two players in Eric Bailly and Victor Lindelof who are lacking confidence a little bit,” the former right-back explained on The Gary Neville Podcast.
“Or maybe they aren’t quite good enough. Maybe the answer lies somewhere in between.
“I think it will force Manchester United and Jose Mourinho to go three at the back.
“I think, with the centre-backs he’s got, he will resort to that. When I look at the centre-back partnerships that he had at Chelsea, they had power and strength in his teams. He hasn’t got that here yet.”
Manchester United welcome Tottenham at Old Trafford next Monday.
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