What Gary Neville said when asked if Manchester United can finish in top four

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has backed the Red Devils to finish in the top four this season.

Ahead of Manchester United 2-1 victory over Luton, Neville told Sky Sports: “They can do it, definitely. They can go three points behind Spurs today.

“Spurs play Villa in a couple of weeks. I know United play City, but United need six points from these two matches – Luton and Fulham. They cannot make any mistakes in these two games.

“There is still a long way to go for United, they still have a lot of work to do. But travelling from Manchester this morning, looking at that league table and thinking about what United have got coming forward and the fact they have got a lot of their players fit, there is a lot more optimism about whether United can finish in the Champions League places.

“If I was looking at it today, I would probably say, ‘Yes, they’ll sneak into that fifth/fourth place’. They have got to be consistent and they haven’t been that over this season.

“But just in the last few weeks, there have been signs that it is starting to happen a little bit.”

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