Gary Neville believes Sunday’s draw at Arsenal will give Manchester United confidence ahead of Thursday’s crucial Europa League last-16 clash with Real Sociedad.

Although Bruno Fernandes’ free-kick was equalised by Declan Rice late on in the first half, United created chances and were hailed by the Old Trafford faithful for their impressive display. The

Red Devils remain bottom of the Premier League and their hopes of winning the title or returning to the Champions League rest solely on the Europa League.

Neville believes Ruben Amorim and his United players can go into Thursday’s clash with the Red Devils with greater confidence after the disappointment of their FA Cup exit at Fulham last weekend.

“It was probably a bad week for Amorim after the FA Cup exit but they feel more confident now,” Neville told สมัคร UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ Podcast

. “There were some areas where the performance wasn’t good enough but the result and the second half was much better. I thought the back five worked well and Casemiro played really well. “

The big game is on Thursday. Real Sociedad will not be easy but I thought they did well in the last 60-65 minutes in Spain and there is something they can build on. “

Can they do well in the Europa League? It will be a deciding factor in the end of the season for Amorim.”

Neville also spoke about United’s underwhelming first-half display but a strong second-half showing. “Manchester United didn’t play well at Old Trafford at the moment. They felt pressure, which made it difficult, but they came back when they scored. “

They created some big chances in the second half, and despite Arsenal struggling, they had some good chances. “

David Raya made a couple of great saves and Hojlund wasn’t clinical enough. He should have shot earlier when Declan Rice came in and probably tapped the ball out to the left. “

I think Amorim will be pleased with the second-half performance. United had a higher xG (expected shots) than Arsenal, which is no surprise even though they didn’t score. But the second half was much better.

“Manchester United fans would have been happy if they played deep but still created a threat up front. The problem was the first half when they played deep but had nothing in attack.”