“I think we needed the wins against Tottenham and Sunderland,” Neville told MUTV.
“It’s obvious that we didn’t hit the best of form during the first few weeks of the season but I think there are reasons for that. We’ve had injuries to Louis Saha, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Wayne Rooney so Carlos Tevez has been up there on his own,” he adds.
“He finished the Copa America, came over here and has had to be thrown straight in at the deep end, up front on his own.”