"It's been difficult for us not having three of our forwards available. You could see in the last game the difference Louis made when he came on, and I think with Wayne coming back soon I'm sure we'll get even stronger.
"We have to make sure we don't fall too behind the leaders at this stage."
Neville added: "Cristiano getting suspended obviously added to our problems.
"But I think it will all come together in the next few weeks. Hopefully we'll pick up the level of performance and get back to freescoring ways."