Jamie Carragher couldn’t help himself from taking a brutal dig at Manchester United as their cross-city rivals Manchester City reached the Champions League quarter-finals in style.
Pep Guardiola’s men racked-up a comprehensive 7-0 victory against German side RB Leipzig at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. Erling Haaland put on a clinical display of his goalscoring abilities by scoring five, with Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne adding to the stunning scoreline.
Victory saw City progress to the last eight courtesy of their 8-1 aggregate win. Carragher was on punditry duty for the game itself but couldn’t resist firing a dig at Man United after their defeat by his former side by the same seven-goal scoreline.
Taking to Twitter, he wrote: “Losing 7-0 is a joke!” accompanied by a winky face emoji. It is not the first time that the former defender has jumped at the chance to poke fun at the Red Devils’ heavy defeat.
His selfie alongside Gary Neville on the Anfield gantry went viral, whilst he then produced a number of jokes throughout the following days including drinking from a 7Up can live on air. That theme continued with a number of references to the number seven ahead of Chelsea ’s Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund with legendary former Red Devils’ goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel being the butt of the vast majority of the jibes.
Carragher said: "We’re getting into March, the 7th of March. It feels like these games are cut-throat, like I said, into March on the seventh. How important does it feel being at the Bridge."
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In attempting to give his assessment, Schmeichel replied: “I've been trying to make sense of this since then. I still have no idea how that can happen, because it shouldn’t happen. I think [Erik] ten Hag has said it – it was embarrassing, it was unprofessional and it can never happen again. So I hope he’s right and I hope he gets things right."
To which Carragher added: "Peter, you’ve just called him 'Ten Hag'. It's actually 'Seven Hag!'"
Whilst the former defender certainly enjoyed having his fun with the Liverpool result, he and the Reds were soon brought back down to Earth with a bump following their 1-0 defeat to relegation candidates Bournemouth. They now face arguably one of their toughest tests of the season as they attempt to overcome a three-goal deficit to Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
Man City will certainly be aiming to avoid the same fate as the Reds following their own 7-0 win. Guardiola’s men are next back in action on Saturday as they take on Championship side Burnley in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
The Clarets will be led by City icon Vincent Kompany who will make his first return to the Etihad Stadium as a manager.
