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Gary Neville's instant response to Man City fan abusing him at Carabao Cup final

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Updated 10:17 23 Mar 2026 GMTPublished 09:44 23 Mar 2026 GMT

Gary Neville's instant response to Man City fan abusing him at Carabao Cup final

Gary Neville was on-commentary duty for Manchester City's Carabao Cup final win over Arsenal and got pelters from a fan near the gantry.

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Gary Neville shushed a Manchester City fan who pelted him from abuse from the stands at the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.

City beat Arsenal 2-0 with a double from Nico O'Reilly to claim the first major silverware of the season and ensure Pep Guardiola's side do not go a second consecutive season without a trophy.

Former Manchester United captain Neville was on co-commentary duty for Sky Sports alongside Peter Drury and was on the receiving end of a raft of abuse from a City supporter who was sat near the gantry where he was working.

Neville was taking a picture with a different fan after City's win when the supporter proceeded to call him a red "c***" and repeatedly chanted "Neville's a"w**ker".

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The pundit largely kept his cool and turned around and performed a shushing gesture to the angry fan. The fan asked him, "Where's your club?" in reference to United's early exit from the competition and then laughed loudly.

Neville then said something which was not audible and then waved before the fan continued his loud cackle.




Online, the video has amassed more than 500,000 views.

Despite his work as a pundit since retirement, Neville still gets abuse from the likes of City and Liverpool fans and in 2019 he had a drink thrown at him by fans of the former as he made his way to Brighton's AMEX Stadium for the final game of the season.

However, the latest abusive tirade wasn't what irked him the most on Sunday. Neville slammed Arsenal goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga for his "nonsense" antics during the final, where he made a costly error for the opener.

Neville was on commentary alongside Peter Drury on Sky Sports. Image: Getty
Neville was on commentary alongside Peter Drury on Sky Sports. Image: Getty

Given the nod ahead of compatriot David Raya, Arrizabalaga spilled the cross from Rayan Cherki which allowed O'Reilly to steal in.

Not too long before, he had spent a long period of time on the ball in his box and Neville slammed the new trend of goalkeepers taking "the momentum out the game".

"Kepa has got to get rid of the ball because it’s not helping them this," Neville said on Sky Sports.

"All it’s doing is getting the crowd up. "It’s not helping Arsenal at all. He hasn’t helped himself, not just with that [his error], he was drawing Man City onto him, rolling his foot on the ball.

"And then this, it’s a really bad one from the goalkeeper. Kepa, it’s a real howler in a massive moment.

"Arsenal have shrunk in this game. What’s happened to them? Mikel Arteta’s team have gone missing, what’s happened to them in this second half?

"Goalkeepers have got to stop doing that, they take the momentum out the game and you send a message to the opposition that you haven’t got any idea. It’s a nonsense."

Elsewhere in the game, Neville called Cherki "a little bit arrogant" for doing three kick-ups in the second half - leading to an irritated reaction from Guardiola on the touchline.

A frustrated Ben White clattered into Cherki and received a yellow card moments after and Neville said, "I think I might have done that myself and he (Pep) didn't like it either".

Arsenal's quadruple hopes were ended by City, who will hope the cup final victory can have a huge impact on the title race.

Arsenal are nine points clear but City have a game in hand and the two sides lock horns at the Etihad Stadium in a crucial game on 19 April.

Featured Image Credit: Getty Images

Topics: Gary Neville, Manchester City, Manchester United, Carabao Cup

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