Gary Neville on brink as Valencia crash at struggling Real Betis

Gary Neville’s awful time as Valencia coach continued with a sorry 1-0 loss at also struggling Real Betis yesterday —and the former Man United defender is now surely close to losing his job.

The result means Valencia have not won any of Neville’s nine La Liga games in charge — when he took this first full managerial position in December they were five points off a Champions League qualification spot, they are now just four points above the relegation zone.

The performance was at least better than Wednesday’s 7-0 Copa del Rey emi-final first leg defeat at Barcelona - the joint-worst result in the club’s history.