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Phil Neville opens up on poor Inter Miami start

Phil Neville opens up on poor Inter Miami start
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Inter have won just two out of 12 games under former England Women boss Phil Neville.

Phil Neville admits he needs to "take a long, hard look" at himself after a miserable start to his tenure as Inter Miami manager.

Neville's side lost their sixth successive Major League Soccer game on Wednesday as they were thrashed 5-0 by New England Revolution.

Inter are bottom of the Eastern Conference after winning just two of their first 12 games under former England Women boss Neville.

Neville told reporters at a press conference: "It is the lowest in terms of my feelings after a defeat that I have had since I came to this football club – and we have had some disappointments.

"You can lose games in football but the manner in which we lost tonight was – I've said the word unacceptable in the past, but this feels worse than that.

"The thing that really surprised me was I wasn't expecting it, from the feeling I have had for the last 10 days I wasn't expecting it and the players need to take a long, hard look at themselves – and so do I.

Neville spent three years in charge of the England women's side
Neville spent three years in charge of the England women's side (Steven Paston/PA)

"We win, we lose together. You will never find me blaming (anybody else). I will take full responsibility for that and ultimately it is my job to make this team better and at this moment in time they are not."

Inter, who are co-owned by Neville's former Manchester United and England team-mate David Beckham, are in their second season in MLS.

Neville was appointed in January after three years in charge of England Women.

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Eastern Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Inter MiamiInter Miami1273232181424
2FC CincinnatiCincinnati11632139421
3Toronto116141414019
4New York Red BullsNY Red Bulls114521616017
5Columbus Crew10361129315
6Philadelphia UnionPhiladelphia103521916314
7DC United113531617-114
8Charlotte FCCharlotte FC114251213-114
9New York City FCNY City114251112-114
10Atlanta UnitedAtlanta103341411312
11CF MontrealMontreal103341320-712
12Nashville SCNashville102531418-411
13Chicago Fire112451119-810
14Orlando City102351118-79
15New England RevolutionNew England10217718-117

Western Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Real Salt LakeSalt Lake11632189921
2Minnesota UnitedMinnesota Utd106221711620
3Los Angeles GalaxyLA Galaxy115422117419
4Vancouver WhitecapsVancouver105321810818
5Colorado RapidsColorado115331815318
6Austin FCAustin114431413116
7Los Angeles FCLos Angeles114341919015
8Houston DynamoHouston10424910-114
9St Louis City102711514113
10Sporting Kansas CityKansas112541819-111
11Seattle SoundersSeattle112451313010
12Portland TimbersPortland112452023-310
13Dallas102261015-58
14San Jose EarthquakesEarthquakes112181726-97


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