Neville, who will be on co-commentary duty for Sky Sports at Elland Road, believes Martinez’s comments will have galvanised the Man United squad in a positive way and has backed his former club to pick up all three points in the ‘Roses derby’.
“I actually think Manchester United are going to win, maybe that’s just blind faith,” Neville said. “I think what Martinez did during the week, I think they will have had a serious team meeting.
Big decision: Lisandro Martinez starts for Manchester United against Leeds
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“I think they would have said ‘this is it now’, it should have happened last weekend against Tottenham when they came back off the international break.
“That was when we should have seen a response after the Fulham game but we didn’t.
“I think we may see the response today after what has happened in midweek and if they play like they did in midweek against Atletico Madrid, they probably will win here [Elland Road] today because that was a decent performance and Atletico Madrid, I think, are a better team that Leeds.”