The public exchange between Jamie Carragher and Mohamed Salah took an unexpected turn when the pundit issued an apology after a period of sharp criticism. The row began with Salah predicting: \u201cTomorrow Carragher is going to go for me again and again and that\u2019s fine,\u201d and escalated when Carragher launched a stinging assessment of the forward and the situation around him.<\/p>\n
The former England international criticised what he described as a sequence of remarks, calling them \u201cdisgraceful\u201d and \u201cchoreographed.\u201d He singled out the player\u2019s defensive contributions and the impact on team-mates in harsh terms. \u201cWhen we are talking about throwing people under the bus, he\u2019s thrown every Liverpool right back under the bus for the eight years,\u201d Carragher said of the defensively indifferent right winger. \u201cCan you imagine playing behind him for eight years?\u201d<\/p>\n
Carragher also attacked the player\u2019s wider reputation, adding: \u201cYou weren\u2019t a big star before you came to Liverpool , you haven\u2019t really won much for Egypt,\u201d he scoffed. \u201cNo matter how big you are, you need help from your teammates, your manager and fans, it\u2019s important that he remembers that.\u201d<\/p>\n
After 24 hours, Carragher returned to television and addressed the player directly. Looking down the lens of the camera in CBS Sports\u2019 studio, Carragher said: \u201cI apologise if I\u2019ve upset you. I love you as a Liverpool player, but you just need to behave yourself off the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n
The mood change coincided with Liverpool\u2019s 1\u20130 win away to Inter in the absence of Salah. Carragher\u2019s reaction to the result was effusive and heavily managerial in focus. \u201cI was so desperate for Liverpool to win tonight, as I am every time they play, but more so for the manager for what he\u2019s been through over the last few days,\u201d the former centre back beamed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know him that well, have any real relationship with him, but he\u2019s the Liverpool manager.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know what\u2019s gone on and what was really telling was the supporters chanting his name in the first half when it was 0\u20130… they\u2019re right behind their manager, even more so on the back of that result.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a massive result, it\u2019s a tough place to go and Liverpool needed that on the back of losing their last game at home in the Champions League to PSV .<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m happy for him more than anything. It\u2019s been tough all season for him. As a manager, he has to do better in terms of getting more results with the squad of players he\u2019s got, but that\u2019s a huge result for him and the club. I\u2019m over the moon for him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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