Former Liverpool star Jamie Carragher reckons Martin O'Neill conjured a fear factor which rendered the opposition defenceless during his storied managerial career.
And the acclaimed pundit hailed the Irishman's knack for getting the opposition on edge as a key factor behind the Parkhead side's stunning 2-0 triumph at Anfield in the UEFA Cup quarter final in 2003 en route to Seville. Henrik Larsson has recounted the greatest ever team talk O'Neill conjured and now the Kop icon admits the power of O'Neill stretched beyond the away dressing room. The 43–year–old insists facing Celtic or O'Neill's Leicester side was a major challenge to overcome.
Speaking on Sky Sports, Carragher said: "Mentioning Celtic and Leicester, I always had a huge fear coming up against your teams. And fear in that, you had a great knack of getting results it felt at that time. Certainly with Leicester in the Liverpool team I played in. A lot of times you'd come to Anfield and got decent results.
