Gary Neville tore into Arsenal's 'spineless' players during an extraordinary rant on Sky Sports commentary as Arsene Wenger's side were outclassed and out-fought by Manchester City.

The former Manchester United defender was on co-commentary duty alongside Martin Tyler for the League Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City.

Neville was critical of Shkodran Mustafi's positioning for the first goal of the afternoon as Sergio Aguero out-muscled the Arsenal defender to put Man City in front.

"Mustafi has to be stronger than that," Neville said on Sky Sports. 'That is pathetic defending."

But Neville saved his most scathing criticism for Arsenal's midfielders who he blasted for walking as Man City added two quick goals in 10 minutes to put the match out of sight.

Gary Neville singled Granit Xhaka, Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey out for criticism credit: Reuters

"Ramsey. Xhaka. Ozil. You're walking on a football pitch at Wembley. Why are you walking? You're a disgrace. An absolute disgrace."

“I don’t even want to talk about them because they’ve been an absolute disgrace. Ramsey and Xhaka walking on a football pitch. Absolutely spineless.”

Gary Neville speaking with Arsenal fans earlier in the season credit: Getty Images

"And look at that - that's what you cause!" Neville added as television cameras showed a tearful young Arsenal fan in the crowd.

"I'm struggling to come up for words now to describe this pattern for Arsenal," Neville continued.

"I don't even like the football anymore. Liverpool play better, Tottenham play better - there's three or four teams that play better football than them now.

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"This is a dark, dark day - the team have just not shown up."

Manchester City comfortably saw out the final 20 minutes to secure a third League Cup triumph in five years and hand Pep Guardiola his first trophy in English football.