Yahoo Finance Phil Neville to take ‘long, hard look’ at himself after poor Inter Miami start
Phil Neville admits he needs to “take a long, hard look” at himself after a miserable start to his tenure as Inter Miami manager.
Neville’s side lost their sixth successive Major League Soccer game on Wednesday as they were thrashed 5-0 by New England Revolution.
Inter are bottom of the Eastern Conference after winning just two of their first 12 games under former England Women boss Neville.
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Neville told reporters at a press conference: “It is the lowest in terms of my feelings after a defeat that I have had since I came to this football club – and we have had some disappointments.
“You can lose games in football but the manner in which we lost tonight was – I’ve said the word unacceptable in the past, but this feels worse than that.
“The thing that really surprised me was I wasn’t expecting it, from the feeling I have had for the last 10 days I wasn’t expecting it and the players need to take a long, hard look at themselves – and so do I.
“We win, we lose together. You will never find me blaming (anybody else). I will take full responsibility for that and ultimately it is my job to make this team better and at this moment in time they are not.”
Inter, who are co-owned by Neville’s former Manchester United and England team-mate David Beckham, are in their second season in MLS.
Neville was appointed in January after three years in charge of England Women.
