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James Findlater

Gary Neville blames Luke Shaw as Leeds fight back against Manchester United

Gary Neville wasn’t too happy with the part Luke Shaw played in Leeds clawing their way back against Manchester United.

Having controlled the first half at Elland Road, United had looked to be cruising towards another vital three points thanks to goals from Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes.

But, less than 10 minutes after the break, the visitors crumbled in spectacular fashion as they conceded twice in the space of just a minute.

Rodrigo’s cross from the left swung straight over David de Gea and into the back of his net to halve the deficit, before Leeds equalised straight from kick-off as Raphinha tapped in at the far post from former United man Daniel James’ square ball.

It was the ultimate sucker punch for the visitors, who had looked to be in control in the torrential conditions in Yorkshire heading into the break.

And Neville felt more should have been done to prevent Leeds from drawing level, squaring the blame in Shaw’s directions as he lost sight of Raphinha.

“I said Leeds United are chaos on the pitch, well it’s chaos off the pitch here now,” Neville said on commentary for Sky Sports.

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“Dan James, he gets one on one, puts it into a really dangerous area and Luke Shaw’s just sleeping at the back post. Raphinha is not.”

Having been knocked back by Leeds’ quick-fire double, United managed to hit back just before the 70th minute to retake the lead.

Fred came off the bench as he replaced Paul Pogba, and made an instant impact as he fired United back into the lead before fellow substitute Anthony Elanga settled a 4-2 win.

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