Jamie Carragher can't resist criticizing Gary Neville after outburst with Manchester United players
Jamie Carragher was quick to remind Gary Neville of his pre-season prediction about Manchester United after they were humiliated by Tottenham.
The red devils Enduring another difficult afternoon, as seen by goals from Brennan Johnson, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke, plus a red card for captain Bruno Fernandes. humiliated with a 3-0 defeat at Old Trafford.
The result increases the pressure on the technician Erik ten Hagwhose team is now 12th in the Premier League standings, having lost three of their first five games.
United legend and current expert Neville He was furious at his former club's performance and then attacked them on Sky Sports after the match.
and his colleague Carragher He showed no sympathy for him and took the opportunity to rub salt in the wound by reminding his fellow host of his optimistic predictions before the season began.
In August, Neville and Carragher delivered their annual Premier League predictions ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.
Liverpool legend backed city of manchester to defend his title, with Arsenalspurs and Liverpool to be part of the top four.
Meanwhile, Neville opted for Arsenal as the eventual winner, with Man City, United and Chelsea occupying the remaining places in the Champions League.
The former Red Devils captain confidently predicted his former club would finish third and called Ten Hag a coach to watch.
Speaking at the time, he said: “A lot of people thought Ten Hag was gone, but he is still there, with renewed hope, a stronger team, feeling better, but now he needs to give his best.”
He added: “I think they will be in the top four if they stay away from injuries.”
These comments were clearly still fresh in Carragher's mind following United's three-goal thrashing. Spurswho shortly after retweeted a graphic highlighting his preseason predictions.
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On Monday morning, he again reminded Neville of his bold claim, while commenting on a video shared on X of his fellow pundit criticizing his team's display.
Carragher wrote below the initial post: “You put them third at the start of the season!!”
However, the eight-time Premier League winner at Old Trafford will surely have changed his mind as he criticized the Red Devils' performance against Spurs.
Speaking after the match, he questioned the players' commitment to the cause, asking: “Do the players not believe in what Erik ten Hag tells them to do? Or do they not believe in it?”
“One thing I can say is that his application to achieving this was abysmal.”
The 49-year-old coach then pointed to the midfielder. Christian Eriksen's post-match comments following United's 1-1 draw against FC Twente in the Europa League in their previous match.
Neville continued: “And the most worrying thing was on Wednesday night, Eriksen's comments about the fact that he felt FC Twente wanted him more, that they were hungrier.
“He is a player who is in the middle of the locker room and I would say that he is very respected by the rest of his teammates and by the coach.
“He is an experienced player, he has played hundreds and hundreds of games at the highest level and he is questioning the motivation and attitude of his players.”
The former full-back later added: “We've seen it here today, they didn't really try hard in the first half.”
