Gaz Nev
"The manager wasn't on the pitch at Maine Road that day. What happened was the fault of the players, not the manager. Any criticism we received from him after the City game was fully justified. It was humiliating, embarrassing and we were all totally ashamed of ourselves.
"The manager isn't the kind of man to have a go at the team in public without good reason. So when he said he may have to break this side up to create another, it was no empty threat. He meant it - and the players knew he meant it. We're also aware that even the results we've had over the last few weeks may not have changed his mind. Maybe he still feels he needs to build a new team. So while beating Liverpool and Arsenal has given the club a great lift, the players are under no illusions that we've got to keep performing.
"No one in the United dressing-room has liked what's been said about us. The game at City was the catalyst for a lot of criticism and, that day, maybe people were right. It looked like we weren't committed, that we didn't care about the club and weren't trying, but I can tell you that wasn't true.
"It was a bad day at the office. We didn't play well, we made individual errors that were punished, and because of one poor game everyone was suddenly saying we were a team in crisis.
"Now things have finally fallen into place for us and we're getting a few breaks. A very lucky first goal at Liverpool, the referee against Arsenal failing to spot Ruud van Nistelrooy handling in the build-up for the first goal - when those kinds of things go for you they are usually the difference between winning and losing.
"Even the injury situation seems to have helped in a strange way because we have stumbled across a settled team. Because we are getting the results, people are now starting to say the commitment is back. I can tell you it never went away."
"The game at Maine Road was the most humiliating experience I've ever been through. I made a bad mistake on a big day and I was absolutely gutted for myself, the club and the fans.
"Thankfully I had the experience to realise that these things happen in football. When you get to the age of 27 you don't let a mistake get to you like you do when you are a 20-year-old.
"I certainly wouldn't have liked to make a mistake like that when I was a youngster. It was the kind of thing that destroys a player.
"Beating Liverpool and Arsenal has made the derby defeat a distant memory for our fans and that's been the most pleasing thing about the last few weeks."