Gary Neville has admitted that the manner of Manchester United's
2-1 defeat to Arsenal was hard to take.
United looked set to claim victory when Wayne Rooney headed home
early in the second half, but they were denied even a point as late
goals from Robin van Persie and Thierry Henry secured a remarkable
turnaround.
Neville felt United had played well enough to win after containing
Arsenal's strikeforce for 80 minutes, and was devastated to finish
on the losing side.
However, the right-back is confident that United will put the
defeat behind them and bounce back quickly.
"It's a kick in the teeth for us but we have to recover from that,"
Neville told MUTV.
"The fact we're still six points clear is no consolation to us.
It's difficult to think of the positives. We've played a lot worse
here and won.
"Overall it was a good performance but it was ruined. We're
disappointed to say the least.
"It's a hard defeat but we'll recover, we'll be okay. We've got to
get back on the winning track."
Neville also revealed his frustration at United's poor defending in
the dying stages.
"We defended well until the last five minutes, then they started
putting a lot of long balls forward which is unusual for them," he
said.
"Every goal can be avoided, things could have been done differently
but we've got to pick ourselves up and get on with it.
"We must look at what went wrong in those five minutes."
