Gary Neville is taunted by Crewe on social media, as club take cheeky swipe after beating his Salford City side in season opener
It was a disappointing start to the season for Salford with Crewe walking away from their home ground with all three points.
Sky Sports pundit Neville was in attendance, watching on from the director's box.
The former Man United man was pictured observing from behind the window with his hand pressed against the glass.
And Crewe couldn;t resist the chance to taunt Neville, who had five fingers placed on the window.
They posted the snap on X with the caption: 'nah it was three Gary', referring to the Railwaymen's 3-1 win.
Neville and David Beckham completed a takeover of Salford in May as part of a new consortium, buying out the rest of the Class of '92.
The former Manchester United stars had held a 60 per cent share in the League Two club along with Paul Scholes, Phil Neville, Nicky Butt and Ryan Giggs.
However, that quartet handed over their shares while Beckham and Neville have brought in new partners and investment of between £11-15million as they target Championship football within five years.
Conor Thomas' brace late in the first half helped Crewe to their 3-1 win at Salford.
Thomas put the Alex on track for victory after Kadeem Harris had scored at both ends of the field.
Salford were awarded a penalty four minutes in after a foul on Adebola Oluwo by Mickey Demetriou. Ben Woodburn's spot-kick was struck with power but Tom Booth made a brilliant full-length save.
Crewe led following a goalmouth scramble after eight minutes, with the ball adjudged to have crossed the line after ricocheting off Salford winger Harris.
In an eventful debut for the Ammies, Harris restored parity, finding the bottom corner of Booth's goal after being set up by Kallum Cesay.
Thomas put Crewe ahead after 41 minutes, finishing from close range following a Josh March cross.
With seconds to go before half-time Thomas netted again, tapping in after Salford goalkeeper Matty Young failed to deal with Tommi O'Reilly's shot.
Crewe came closest to scoring after the break with an O'Reilly shot that crashed off the crossbar.
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