Manchester United may have left Southampton with three points, but Gary Neville felt their performance was laughably bad.
Two goals from Robin van Persie saw United climb to third in the Premier League after a 2-1 win at St Mary’s, a result which manager Louis van Gaal later described as “lucky”.
And Sky Sports pundit Neville was shocked by how poorly the expensively-assembled team passed the ball.
Louis van Gaal believes his Manchester United side were lucky
“I think probably he won't have managed as bad a passing performance as that in his career,” he said on Monday Night Football.
“Louis van Gaal will watch the video back and think they were so bad in their passing at times. It almost got to the point where you started laughing it was so bad. I was that frustrated I was laughing,
“I couldn’t believe the amount of times they gave it away and in the first half the amount of times they passed it back.
“You’re looking at players there and there’s £100million worth in central midfield and £50m or £60m up front. They’re massive players.
“Forget the back. Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young are make-shift wing-backs at best and you’ve got young kids and players playing out of position. I can see why it would be bad at the back and disrupted.
“In front of that it was so bad in terms of the passing and the accuracy of the passing. Louis van Gaal will be shocked at how bad it was. I was shocked.”