Gary Neville feels Santi Cazorla treated Bastian Schweinsteiger like a 'dog' at the Emirates

Arsenal subjected United to an embarrassing 3-0 at the Emirates

Former Manchester United full-back Gary Neville has claimed that Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla treated Manchester United’s Bastian Schweinsteiger ‘like a dog’ during the defeat to Arsenal earlier this month, according to Mirror. Schweinsteiger and his teammates suffered a humiliating 3-0 defeat at the Emirates Stadium.

Neville's former club were poor in their trip to London before the international break, but Louis Van Gaal's men responded well on Saturday when they secured a 3-0 win over Everton at Goodison Park. United are level on points with Arsenal, but their rivals are above them in the table with goal difference.

According to the Sky Sports pundit’s analysis of United’s defeat, the German midfielder was continually drawn in by the Spaniard to abandon his position in central midfield, and the Gunners continued to exploit Schweinsteiger's failure to maintain formation alongside Michael Carrick.

"Against Arsenal, for some reason, and I don't know why, it was like, has Schweinsteiger gone rogue?” Neville said on Monday Night Football.

"But the more you watch the clips, you think it must have been a tactic.”

"In this game they got concerned about Cazorla. And Cazorla, he had him on a lead.”

“It was like a man with a ball saying to a dog "come to get it off me, come to get it off me", and as soon as he gets near him, he throws it off to Mertesacker.”

"It's like 'Come on, Come on Doggie' He's toying with him, Cazorla."

Terrific response by United against Everton: Neville

United players were completely torn apart by Wenger’s men, who were a better side on the day and they outplayed Van Gaal’s men. However, the Red Devils responded against Everton, thanks to goals from Morgan Schneiderlin, Ander Herrera and Wayne Rooney.

The United legend has praised the Dutch coach for resolving the issues in midfield and for getting back to basics. The team in red put up a contrasting display at Goodison.

"The contrast on Saturday was absolutely dramatic. It was a case of Manchester United being patient, compact,” he added.

“It was a completely different thing to that Arsenal game.”

"I'm sure Van Gaal when he thinks about the Arsenal game, will think, 'if we'd done this, would it have been different', even though Arsenal played brilliantly well.”

"It culminated in United dominating the game. It was typical of how an away team would create a perfect away performance.”

"Against Arsenal it was a complete blip, in terms of the tactics."