Roy Keane settles heated debate over Gary Neville's mockery of Chelsea 'bottle jobs' with brilliant joke
Roy Keane brilliantly settled a heated debate over describing losing teams as “bottlers” following Gary Neville's scathing outburst against Chelsea.
Neville made headlines on Sunday after labeling Mauricio Pochettino's team as 'billion pound blue bottle jobs' after Virgil van Dijk He headed the winning goal in extra time in Liverpool's 1–0 Carabao Cup victory over the west Londoners.
The Sky Sports expert received mixed reactions to his memorable phrase that caused a lot of controversy. subtle hit from the Chelsea boss.
Neville spoke about Chelsea's performance and his brutal comment during this week's episode of Stay with football and as has generally been the case, the room was divided over the use of the word “bottle.”
“I got angrier and angrier in extra time with Chelsea,” Neville told guests Jill Scott. Jamie Carragher, Roy Keane and Ian Wright. “At first I wanted to use (Todd) Boehly's name but I didn't because I didn't want to personalize it.
“I thought, should I say it? It is too strong? I felt it needed to be said.
Former Arsenal Striker Wright, who watched Sunday's final in the company of a group of Chelsea fans, interrupted Neville by saying: “That particular line is very harsh, though.”
“It's a hard line,” said the former manchester united The defender responded before revealing a post-match conversation he had with his producer.
“After the game I went to the producer and asked him if it was hard, he told me that maybe it was a little hard, but he said: 'We are on television, in entertainment and it is one of the most important moments of this season, of last minute. goal', and secondly, 'Did you think they bottled it?'
“I said they froze in overtime, there is no doubt they played with fear and froze.
“When people say, it's a great phrase. “I don’t think it’s a great line.”
Wright chimed in again and said, “I think it would have been better to use 'frozen.'”
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Neville defended his use of the word, replying: “I'm not saying they will be continuous bottle traders for the rest of their career or that they can't win a trophy in the next three months. In the 90 minutes they played well but in extra time they bottled it up.”
Keane took Wright's side as the debate became more heated and made clear his view that Neville's outburst was too harsh on Chelsea.
“In the coming months yes Liverpool If you don't win something, are we going to say they bottled it? Keane asked his former Manchester United teammate Neville.
“Now it looks like the narrative, Gary. “Look what happened with Arsenal last year,” Wright added.
Neville responded: “'Last year I said Arsenal were going to bottle up the title race and they did, because it was a feeling I had,' he explained.
“I also accept that at certain periods in our careers, we suppress confrontations and people don't like to admit it when it happens. You freeze, your legs get heavy, you lose energy and it becomes too much for you, and it happened to me.
“Losing a game isn't bottling it up, it's how you shrink.”
Carragher, who agreed with Neville, added: “Isn't bottling and freezing the same thing?” However, Wright attempted to set the record straight by detailing the difference between the words.
He said: “It's the way people feel about that word, that's why it's gotten to that place. I think it has an unpleasant connotation. It's weakness, you're a coward, you've bottled it up; It's a horrible word.
The show moved on to the Super Six section where the panel reviewed their score predictions from the previous week's matches.
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Neville was informed that he scored six points with three correct results only for Keane to shout “you bottled it” leaving the panel in hysterics.
