Pep Guardiola led Man City to a 3-0 win at Old Trafford (AMA/Getty)

Gary Neville says Pep Guardiola has made a “monstrous breakthrough” in Manchester United’s hierarchy following their 3-0 home defeat to Manchester City.

Two goals from Erling Haaland and Phil Foden’s late strike gave the champions a deserved win at Old Trafford and handed United their fifth Premier League defeat of the season.

After the match, Neville claimed that a “toxic” culture at United boardroom level was having a negative impact on Erik ten Hag and the players.

And Neville believes Guardiola highlighted the crucial difference between City and United in his post-match press conference, when he posted on X: “This quote from Pep Guardiola is a monstrous swipe at United’s leadership!”

“Pep Guardiola on Man City’s secret: ‘We are in the same direction, me, the CEO, the sporting directors, the chairman.’ That’s why I think the club is so stable.”

Asked about the difference between United and City after Sunday’s match at Old Trafford, Guardiola said: “I know what we did, but I don’t know what United did because I’m not there.”

But I honestly didn’t expect that. When I arrived here it was Jose Mourinho, with Ibrahimovic, with top players Lukaku. I felt like the team really…

Erling Haaland scored twice in Manchester City’s win over Manchester United (Getty)

“But I think I said ‘we’ a lot [City] are in the same spirit: the chairman, the CEO, the sports director, the manager and the players.

“We’re going there, right or wrong, it doesn’t matter, us [all] go there. Of course we make mistakes when we lose or when the situation doesn’t go well. We’re not here to blame anyone, we’re just asking, “Okay, what do we need to do better?” What happened? Will the opponent get better or will we get worse?’. Find a solution, that’s nice.

“We’ve been doing this since day one.” We didn’t win the first season, I didn’t have the feeling that my chairman was complaining, certainly not, he supported me unconditionally.

“I remember when we lost the Champions League final against Chelsea. I was devastated and the chairman said: “Sooner or later we are going to win this, what do we do now?”

“Everyone feels like the club relies on me, the players know we rely on them, but when it happens we don’t get overly excited when we win and when we lose it’s not dramatic. It’s not the way we go doing.” “Do that. Kill us.” It’s a football match, what do you have to do to get better?

“We’ve done it many times: if another opponent beats you, you congratulate him and we try again.” That’s why I think the club and the organization are so stable.”