NEVILLE'S SEVEN SINS: BRILLIANT BARCA SHOW GARY THAT PUNDITRY AND TOP-CLASS COACHING ARE WORLDS APART

The former Manchester United and England right-back is without a win in eight Liga games and nothing went right as he saw his side brutally beaten at Camp Nou on Wednesday.

Gary Neville was a fantastic footballer and is an insightful television analyst. His coaching career, however, has brought him little success so far. And after eight games without a win in La Liga, the Englishman's Valencia side were brutally beaten by Barcelona on Wednesday. He is having to learn the hard way.

Many a coach has had a nightmare at Camp Nou and Neville is by no means the exception in that respect. However, it was unclear exactly what Valencia were even trying to do as they afforded Barca both time and space in an unbelievably one-sided first half.

Those 45 minutes of football ended with Barca 3-0 up. But it could have been five, six or even seven at that stage. Neville had spoken before the match of the importance of staying in the tie until the second leg at Mestalla. But his side were out of it within half an hour.

In an attempt to thwart Barca's brilliant forwards, Neville picked two full-backs on either flank. As a former right-back and one of the best around in an outstanding career for Manchester United, he knows a thing or two about defending against wide players.