Jose Mourinho was forced to substitute Juan Mata at half-time during the EFL Cup final because of the threat caused by Southampton's full-backs, according to Gary Neville.
Mata started the game at Wembley but was replaced with Michael Carrick after 45 minutes. Southampton came back from two goals down to level at 2-2 before Zlatan Ibrahimovic's late winner.
But Neville insists Claude Puel's side were unlucky after coming up with a gameplan that put United on the back foot for much of the game.
He told Sky Sports: "The wide areas caused huge problems. That's what forced the substitution from Jose Mourinho.
"They had big problems dealing with Cedric and Ryan Bertrand from wide areas. Claude Puel played a fantastic game setting that up.
"They got in between spaces. United had a problem with that. Ander Herrera was trying to get in there and Paul Pogba was ill-disciplined.
"It caused a big problem there for United and it forced Jose Mourinho to change at half-time.
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