Gary Neville’s managerial adventure in Spain isn’t going as well as he would have hoped.
After struggling to change the fortunes of Valencia in La Liga, he took his side to the Nou Camp for a Copa Del Rey semi-final first leg fixture against the all-conquering Barcelona side.
Unfortunately for Neville, Barca were on top form, and, thanks to a brace from Luis Suarez and one from Lionel Messi, were three goals to the good inside the first half hour.
To compound Neville’s first half misery, Shkodran Mustafi was sent off in stoppage time after a foul inside his own area. Neymar hit the post with the resulting penalty.
Twitter was typically unsympathetic towards the former Manchester United captain…
https://twitter.com/liamje28/status/694984474484961280
Gary Neville fooled us all as a pundit, made out he actually knew stuff about football, fraud
— ' (@GerrardsPrime) February 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/ArsenalCyprus02/status/694982522686590976
https://twitter.com/ElasticoKenedy/status/694986088813756416
To Spanish football fans, Gary Neville is what Christian Gross is to their English counterparts
— Ed Overend (@edwardoverend) February 3, 2016
That 1st half was like watching Marty in his DeLorean against Fred Flintstone in his car…."Taxi for Mr. Neville!".
— Ray Hudson (@RayHudson) February 3, 2016
