From The Guardian:
'Gary Neville, fast becoming the most vociferous opponent of Sven-Goran Eriksson's critics, took his support to a new level last night when he implored the Football Association to ignore the growing criticism of England's manager.
"The FA have got to remain in the same thought process, namely that we need a long-term manager in place," he said. "Don't panic. Why panic? This is a 10-game league and all is not lost. I'm sure the FA will remain as strongly behind the manager as the players are."
Showing a bullishness that Sir Alex Ferguson would have been proud of, the Manchester United defender made no attempt to conceal his irritation when he was questioned about Eriksson's future.
"Can I stop you there?" he interrupted. "How can you even mention the manager? Why are you asking about Sven-Goran Eriksson? Ask questions of the players. Blame it on us. We were the ones who threw away two points. But how can the manager be brought into the equation? I'm not saying he should never get criticism but on the basis of this match there is no way you can criticise the manager. Look at the bigger picture. For 70 minutes our performance was pretty damn good and we were in cruise control. Then we lost control. The manager didn't lose control - we did. You can't legislate for what happened in those three minutes. We were absolutely cruising before then. But it's nothing to do with the manager."
Neville refused to accept that Eriksson was even partly responsible. "I'm not saying there aren't things we need to sort out. Of course there are. But it's more to do with individual errors than tactics or formations."'
etc, etc.