Neville ashamed of diving in Merseyside derby

Phil Neville has apologised for diving in this afternoon’s Merseyside derby against Liverpool at Goodison Park.

The defender was booked after falling to the floor during a tussle with visiting defender Daniel Agger, who laughed when Neville was shown the yellow card.

The former Manchester United player said: "It was a stupid thing to do by myself.

"I don't find myself at that end of the pitch and I actually thought Agger was coming to take me out.

"Rightly so I got my butt kicked at half-time, put myself under pressure with the yellow card and I couldn't really commit to tackles in the second half.

"I won't do it again, that's for sure."