Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has "gone back to basics" and returned to his trusted midfield set-up to solve the team's defensive problems and help Bruno Fernandes, Gary Neville told Monday Night Football.
United went into the international break earlier this month on the back of a 6-1 thrashing at home to Tottenham, having already lost 3-1 at Old Trafford to Crystal Palace and scraped past Brighton 3-2 with a late, late penalty.
But since the Premier League has resumed, United have beaten Newcastle 4-1 and drawn 0-0 with Chelsea, as well as picking up an impressive 2-1 Champions League win at Paris Saint-Germain.
"I think the general pattern in the league, of all the goals in the early part of the season, these two managers [Solskjaer and Chelsea's Frank Lampard] were in a situation where it was starting to reflect upon themselves, all the chances they were conceding. They looked naive," said Neville.
"Man Utd are 15th in the league, their worst start at Old Trafford for 50 years, they were conceding too many chances and too many goals.
"There has been a massive mentality shift. Before the game [with Chelsea] the big debate was would Man Utd stick with the back five, or go to a back four. It's actually a bit of a sideshow, the key has been what's in front of it.
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