Gary Neville has launched a scathing attack on Luke Shaw following Manchester United’s 1-0 loss to Everton. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s goal sealed the win for the Toffees at Old Trafford, bringing an end to United’s unbeaten streak in the Premier League. Just before the hour mark, Ruben Amorim brought on Diogo Dalot to replace Patrick Dorgu, maintaining his five-at-the-back formation. The decision left Neville fuming, labelling it as ’embarrassing’.

The former United star also criticised Shaw for his lack of urgency as the Reds sought an equaliser. Speaking on Sky Sports, he said: “You have to have urgency and make the pitch as big as possible, and you have to put as many players as possible in forward areas.

“You have Shaw, [Leny] Yoro and [Matthijs] De Ligt behind the ball. Shaw is getting forward more, but he’s ambling forward, let’s be clear. He’s been bugging me for the last 20 minutes. He’s ambling, you can’t do that.

“He should be running forward every single time, I don’t care. Yoro, I have a little bit more sympathy for but Shaw? That’s a waste of time. I don’t care. It’s a waste of time. It’s not conning anybody. I’m not having it.”

Neville added: “Ruben Amorim has a question to answer. Bringing Dalot on over there in front of Shaw? I don’t quite see it. You have five at the back, why? They still don’t win the first ball or the second ball. Embarrassing.

“This should be like the Alamo. Really quick, high-tempo passing side-to-side, getting into good wide areas, putting crosses in, getting bodies in attack, sustaining attacks. It’s very slow from United. There is no presence in the box whatsoever.”

United boss Amorim similarly took aim at his own players, but stopped short of name-dropping Shaw in the same way that Neville did.

“We are not there, not even near the point that we should be to fight for the best positions,” said the head coach. “We have a lot to do. We have to be perfect to win games, we were not perfect today.

“When we see the results of the weekend, we should get onto the pitch with a different excitement. Old Trafford was there saying ‘we are all here for a big step up’. And we were not ready.

“These five weeks, everyone is praising our evolution. But I’m always saying the same things: we are nowhere near the moment we are meant to be in this club.”