MANCHESTER UNITED legend Gary Neville was warned to “tone it down” on live TV.
That’s after cracking a joke about the financial charges aimed at Manchester City.
Neville made the gag after seeing Pep Guardiola’s men overcome a troublesome week by beating Aston Villa 3-1.
City have been charged with over 100 breaches of Prem rules.
But the champs have vowed to fight the allegations with all their power.
After the match on Sky Sports, presenter Kelly Cates promoted a show about City’s thrilling promotion battle in 1999, titled “We’re not really here: Man City.”
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This prompted Neville to quip: “Might not be in a few years…”
The ex-United right-back then burst out laughing, but fellow pundit and City icon Micah Richards was not too happy.
He said to Neville: “Tone it down, will you?”
Neville replied: “I’m only joking Micah, relax. You can’t joke anymore?”
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Cates intervened, saying: “We nearly got through it Gary.
“We can’t pre-judge the outcome of any investigation as you well know.
“From all of us here, I think it’s probably best we go, don’t you?”
Neville has not held back on his opinion of the charges aimed at City, saying the Premier League will look “incompetent” if the champs aren’t proven guilty.
And Neville is also backing Arsenal to end City’s winning run by lifting their first title since 2004 at the end of the season.
Meanwhile, fellow pundit Roy Keane hit out at Jack Grealish for appearing to dive against Villa,
Grealish won a penalty which was converted by Riyad Mahrez.
And Keane said: “You have to give the penalty, Jack was being very, very smart. Very naïve the defending from Ramsay but he does kind of catch him.
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“Jack kicks himself more than anything else. He’s more like Tom Daley but I think it is a penalty and it’s clever from Jack.
“He gets his body across, he knows exactly what he is doing – gives the referee almost no option but to give the penalty.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
