The Brazilian kicked out at Jeremy Doku as some of Manchester United’s players lost their discipline in the 3-0 loss at home to City

Former Manchester United right-back Gary Neville hit out at Antony for an “absolutely ridiculous, embarrassing” kick at Manchester City’s Jeremy Doku in the 3-0 derby defeat to the champions at Old Trafford on Sunday.

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The Brazilian winger petulantly swung a leg at Doku and was shown a yellow card in the closing stages of a one-sided Premier League clash, with the Belgian also booked for squaring up to the former Ajax player.

But replays showed that the South American made no attempt at getting the ball and he could easily have been shown a straight red card, with Neville understanding Doku’s frustration.

The former United and England defender, on co-commentary duties for Sky Sports, said: “Doku’s absolutely right, Antony just has a kick at him.

“Absolutely right, Doku. United have lost their discipline. That’s absolutely ridiculous, I’d just send him off. It’s absolutely ridiculous from Antony, it’s embarrassing.”

Haaland opened the scoring with a penalty after 26 minutes and doubled City’s lead with a header early in the second half, before setting up Phil Foden for a third late in the game.

United’s players began to grow frustrated during the latter stages of the match after failing to lay a glove on City for the majority of the contest. Antony, who came on for Christian Eriksen with four minutes remaining, was particularly riled up and lashed out at Doku as the pair battled for possession in stoppage time.

United were simply not good enough to warrant getting a result against City, who have beaten the Red Devils in five of their last six meetings. Erik ten Hag’s side were lacklustre throughout and began to lose their discipline as it became increasingly clear that City were strolling to a simple victory on enemy turf.