Manchester United FC: Gary Neville has no sympathy for Liverpool after their Champions League exit this week.

Nov 27 2009 by Our Correspondent, Daily Post

Manchester United FC: The Anfield giants are still coming to terms with the certainty they will be consigned to Europa League combat next spring, having failed to emerge from a group Fiorentina and Lyon have taken control of.

Yet the nature of the group system means Liverpool could end up with exactly the same number of points as United, who lost their 23-match unbeaten home record in the competition to Besiktas on Wednesday night.

Indeed, the Red Devils could lose to Wolfsburg in Germany next month and still finish top of Group B if CSKA Moscow beat Besiktas to complete a three-way tie United will edge.

But Neville, part of a side that went out at the group stage themselves four seasons ago, feels Liverpool have simply not performed.

“As a team, you get what you deserve don’t you?” he said. “We are where we are because we deserve to be there and it’s the same with Liverpool.

“We went out ourselves a few years back. They just haven’t performed well enough in the Champions League to get the results.”

Not that Neville is gloating, as he understands United should have won on Wednesday.

“I am extremely disappointed,” said Neville.

“We didn’t convert our chances and didn’t do enough in the last third.

“Their goal set us back a little bit. It gave them something to hang on to but usually we would expect to score a goal in 95 minutes at Old Trafford. We just didn’t manage it.”