NEVILLE SLAMS ‘ARROGANT' UNITED

“We are very aware of what happened last year — we didn't respect the opponents in our group. You have to show respect to the teams and the players you are playing. I think you saw against Benfica this time that we have done that.

“You could see from the start we are starting to realise you have to show an incredible amount of respect.

“Hopefully the Arsenal game was a realisation for us. We realised you can't go out and play full attacking football against top teams. You need to respect them first and earn the right to win the match.

“You can't go in to other people's back yards in Europe and expect to play fantastic football. They try to make their mark on you and you are not going to have it all your own way. The quicker we realise that the better.

“We are renowned for playing open and attractive football rather than for grinding out results but we had to grind out a result against Benfica and perhaps that is the most pleasing thing of all. People will respect us for that.

“I told a few of the lads before the game that we had to go back to playing ugly. What we have done in the last two years is get the ball down at the back and play.

“We have to go back to our roots where we were 10 years ago and get the ball forward early and learn how to play. We did that against Benfica.

“We got behind the ball and defended deep. It went to script for us. We waited for chances, even though we were not playing great.”