Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville says the team is nothing without Bruno Fernandes.

Fernandes, who has won United's Player of the Month award five out of eight times since joining.

United trailed 1-0 at half-time against West Ham, before Fernandes came on at the break and helped his side fight back to win 3-1.

"It was an appalling first-half performance, I said shocking, abysmal, every adjective you could use, it was terrible, they were well off it," Neville said on his podcast.

"They were second to the ball, nothing in terms of possession, so scrappy, West Ham were far better but you knew if they didn't get the second [goal] they were going to have a problem."

He added: "They can't play without Bruno (Fernandes). I don't know what it is, he's a very good player but you'd think that Van de Beek and Pogba, McTominay in midfield with Greenwood, Cavani and Martial would be able to do so much better than that.

"The minute Bruno comes on - and Marcus Rashford as well who probably had a bigger impact on that game - but Bruno's impact on the team is huge. You can't compare Bruno to Harry Kane but you know Kane has an influence on his team that's bigger than just his performances, which are excellent.

"Bruno is exactly the same with this Manchester United team and he's only been there a short amount of time. As soon as he came on, they seemed more arrogant, more connected, more cohesive. I don't know what it is when he doesn't play."