British actress Keira Knightley has been full of praise for Sky Sports pundit and former Manchester United full-back Gary Neville.

The 28-year-old, who is a West Ham United supporter, has described Neville's commentary as "fucking amazing" before admitting that she only owns a television in order to watch football.

"He is just fucking amazing! Absolutely fucking amazing!" the Daily Mail quotes Knightley as saying. "His commentary, well, it's just amazing. He's amazing.

"Football is basically the reason I got a television. I didn't have one before because I didn't know where I was going to be, so there was no point. Now I have one because it was getting ridiculous watching football on the laptop."

Neville, who retired from playing in February 2011, recently admitted that he now prefers analysing the game as opposed to playing it.