Jamie Carragher joked he would have 'sold' Liverpool forward Diogo Jota for '£25million' in the first half an hour against Leeds United on Monday night.
Nottingham Forest face a daunting trip to Anfield this weekend as they look for a first win since beating Leeds back in February. But Steve Cooper's side have a dreadful away record having won just once on the road this season.
And ahead of the meeting between the two sides on Saturday, Liverpool warmed up with a 6-1 thrashing of Leeds at Elland Road. One of the players on the scoresheet for Jurgen Klopp's team was Jota who scored a brace on the night.
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But Carragher joked that he would have sold the player after his performances in the early stages of the match. "After half an hour I’d sold Jota, I’d got £25million for him, and I was looking around at spending," he said on Sky Sports Monday Night Football.
"I’d maybe get 30 now on the back of this. Listen, he had a really poor first half an hour, and if it had continued at nil nil until half-time I think Nunez would have come on for him.
"We just see him at that far post, and I must be honest, he’s come back in after being out for a while with injury, and I’m not quite sure why Nunez isn’t playing."
David Jones then cut in with a stat about Jota's woeful opening first 30 minutes: "Well he lost possession 15 times in the first half an hour."
Carragher then continued: "15? Wow. Listen, he’s got goals in the past for Liverpool, he’s gone a long time without scoring but it’s just really interesting, for me, the fact that Jurgen Klopp is playing him ahead of Nunez, I can’t quite work that one out.
"The fact that Nunez is new, you want to get him more integrated playing games, I’m not sure, but as I say he’s got two goals and provided an assist, but he had a very tough first half an hour, shall we say."
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