"It’s not a disaster": Phil Neville makes questionable claim about Champions League exit and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer position

Manchester United's exit from the Champions League is “not a disaster”, according to club legend Phil Neville. The Red Devils are now out of the European top tier, following the club's 3 - 2 defeat to RB Leipzig last night. But Neville does not believe there is as much of a crisis as some have made out. “There’s an awful narrative where the minute United lose a game it seems like a disaster,” Neville said on BBC 5 Live, as quoted by the Manchester Evening News. “It’s not a disaster tonight, but it’s disappointing. United wanted to be in the last 16. “There are Manchester United teams in the past with better managers than Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – like Sir Alex Ferguson – which have gone out at this stage. It does happen, it has happened. “It’s quite a freakish time at the moment. There are managers in the Premier League who are below United in the league but have great reputations and don’t get the stick Solskjaer gets. “If United win on Saturday – and Ole’s teams tend to do well in big moments, I think Saturday is a big moment for the manager and for the players. “They played poorly in the first 30 minutes, they got punished in a group which was really really difficult and they’re out of the competition. They’re now in the Europa League, they’ve got to go out and win that. “The narrative from inside the club is far, far different to that outside the club, where it seems there’s a total witch-hunt to get this boy out of the job.”

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