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Gary Neville: No extra pressure on Valencia before facing Real Betis

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Gary Neville, under fire following Valencia's humiliating defeat at Barcelona, isn't dwelling on the past.

Or so he says.

On Saturday, three days after his side was thrashed 7-0 by Barcelona in the first leg of their tie in the Copa del Rey semifinals, Neville dismissed the idea that Los Che are under extra pressure, stressing that the club's La Liga fixture at Real Betis on Sunday is simply another match.

"Every game is a must-win game for this club," Neville said, according to Reuters. "Whoever the coach is, whoever the players are, that's the expectation. We need to show desire. Wednesday night was a bad night for us."

Neville also rejected the suggestion by Santiago Canizares, a former Valencia 'keeper, that he should apologise to the club's supporters for what transpired at the Camp Nou.

"I'm a strange type of person. I saw the fans and all I could think was 'wow,' I've never seen fans as passionate as that in my football career," Neville said.

"I know it wasn't a good type of passion for us to experience, but I'm the only person who can take a positive out of an incredible negative like that. When I see the veins appearing in the fans' faces, and I see the passion, the anger, the fight, I can only imagine the same in reverse, when it's good, and that's all I can think about."

Valencia is still winless in La Liga since appointing Neville as its manager, but the Englishman announced after the defeat to Barcelona that he will not quit.

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