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#1 Gary Neville & Graham Dorrans

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Gary Neville should have been punished for a foul on Graham Dorrans

If you were to make a combined XI of the best players from the Premier League era, there’s a very good chance that former Manchester United defender Gary Neville would feature at right-back.

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The player-turned-pundit made 400 league appearances during his illustrious career, with his final match coming in a 2-1 win at West Brom on New Year’s Day in 2011.

Neville has recalled on numerous occasions how he knew it was time to retire when he got away with a clear foul on Graham Dorrans that should have resulted in a red card and a penalty.

He wrote in the Daily Mail in 2011: "I was making Jerome Thomas look like Ronaldo. It would have been even worse if the referee had spotted my trip on Graham Dorrans in the box."

One month later, and with three months of the season remaining, Neville retired.

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