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Gary Neville accused of encouraging "anarchy" as Man Utd block Liverpool bus

Manchester United fans have once again protested against the Glazer family's ownership of the club by blocking Liverpool's team bus and trying to disrupt Thursday's game, and Richard Keys believes Gary Neville is to blame.

Neville, a United hero who is an outspoken critic of the Glazers, spoke after fans broke into Old Trafford and forced the postponement of the game between the two clubs on May 2nd.

He said at the time: “This is a consequence of the Manchester United owners’ actions two weeks ago," in reference to the club joining up to the doomed European Super League.

Now, United supporters have continued their protest against the club's ownership, and blocked an official Liverpool team bus from heading towards Old Trafford.

While it remains unknown whether the bus was the one being used to transport the first-team to the game, Red Devils fans took matters into their own hands and deflated the tyres.

Richard Keys blamed Gary Neville for United fans protesting (BEIN SPORTS)

And Keys tore into the actions of those responsible, and claimed they were committing public disorder, before blaming Neville for encouraging the behaviour.

Speaking to beIN Sports, Keys didn't hold back and claimed there was "no excuse" for the way United fans were acting, and said they had made their point in the wrong way.

"This was my problem with those who should have known better but were encouraging the demonstration 11 days ago," he said.

Gary Neville explained that the protests were a consequence of the Glazer family's ownership (Sky Sports)

"Gary Neville, I will mention again, was one of those.

"This is anarchy, this is public disorder. This is anything but a calm demonstration.

"This may or may not be [the real bus], this could be the dummy.

"I want to watch football, I don't want to watch riots.

"There's no excuse, there's no excuse for this.

"Point made, wrongly, but tonight we want to see a football match."

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