Manchester United legend Gary Neville (Picture: Sky Sports) Gary Neville cannot see Manchester United’s defensive struggles improving anytime soon after a deflating Premier League draw with Everton. Michael Carrick’s side dropped points for the second time in three games as they were twice pegged back by Everton in a 2-2 draw. After a goalless first half, Bryan Mbeumo gave the Red Devils the lead just after half-time and that goal appeared to be guiding United to a narrow win. But former Chelsea midfielder Tyrique George beat Senne Lammens with a powerful strike on 83 minutes to equalise for the Toffees. Exclusive Premier League previews Get ahead of the start of the season with our weekly football newsletter. Sign up now for free. Everton’s joy was short-lived, however, as Benjamin Sesko then headed Manchester United back in front in the 88th minute. That looked to have secured the victory but ex-Arsenal star Ainsley Maitland-Niles scored a brilliant equaliser with virtually the last kick of the game to earn Everton a point. Neville is concerned by Manchester United’s defence, which has conceded two goals in all three of their Premier League games so far this season, including two against newly-promoted Hull City and Ipswich Town. Everton scored an injury-time equaliser against Man Utd (Picture: Reuters) The Old Trafford legend was particularly critical of Dorgu, saying he made a ‘massive mistake’ in the build-up to Everton’s last-gasp equaliser. ‘Manchester United are conceding two goals a game, you can’t concede two goals a game,’ Neville said on his Sky Sports podcast. ‘With the questions asked since the transfer window regarding the defence, United needed to win today and they couldn’t concede goals. Lazy analysis will say they conceded two spectacular goals. Everton twice came behind to snatch a point (Picture: Getty) ‘The Maitland-Niles goal is a really bad one. Dorgu for some reason chases out and presses, an isolated press. It gets played past Dorgu – it’s a massive mistake, a lack of communication. ‘United had to change their back four during the match. Yoro coming on at right-back highlights the problem – he plays so narrow. ‘A lot happens before the ball goes in the net. When you’re playing away holding onto a result, you have to push up and don’t do stupid things. {"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Carrick insists Man Utd's start to season is 'not that bad' after 2-2 draw to Everton","contentUrl":"https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2026\/09\/07\/6380575265597538231\/480x270_MP4_6380575265597538231.mp4","description":"Ainsley Maitland-Niles scored an absolute worldie in the sixth minute of added time to seal a 2-2 draw for The Toffees.","duration":"T4M8S","height":270,"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/09\/07\/07\/111091361-0-image-a-43_1788761956815.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-09-07T07:17:25+0100","width":480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page window.addEventListener('metroVideo:relatedVideosCarouselLoaded', function(data) { if (typeof(data.detail) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === 'undefined') { return; } var player = data.detail.carousel.el_; var container = player.closest('.metro-video-player'); var placeholder = container.querySelector('.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder'); if (placeholder) { container.removeChild(placeholder); container.classList.add('metro-video-player--related-videos-loaded'); } }); Michael Carrick’s side are struggling defensively (Picture: Getty) ‘They could have stopped the goal at source. I was screaming as it happened as they had to be organised, they weren’t organised in the final few minutes. ‘Teams think they have a chance against them. I played in a Man Utd team where teams, in the period between Peter Schmeichel and Edwin Van Der Sar, did feel they