Wow. That escalated quickly.
It started off with Dietmar Hamann calling out his former Liverpool team-mate Jamie Carragher for telling current Reds keeper Loris Karius to “shut up” during his analysis of the match on Sunday.
Karius was under fire for the second match in succession after Liverpool conceded twice against West Ham, with questions again asked about the German stopper’s role in both.
On Match of the Day 2, former Manchester United and Everton man Phil Neville criticised Karius for hitting back at the critics in a newspaper interview that ran last week.
Hamann was not impressed with Neville’s stance and tweeted:
That's the most laughable thing I've read in a long time. Disrespectful to say the least https://t.co/eYjYfhg9kU
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) December 12, 2016
A fan pointed out that Carragher had already said exactly the same thing during Sky Sports’ live coverage of the match – something another Twitter user was quick to point out. And clearly their shared Liverpool history was not reason for Hamann not to disagree with his former team-mate.
Carra is out of order too. Karius is 23 years old and played over 100 top flight games. Outrageous comments, deserves a little more respect https://t.co/DV7Wn2Ldt2
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) December 12, 2016
You can criticise as much as you want but you don't tell an adult to shut up. Poor form https://t.co/gmaaoeqkl1
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) December 12, 2016
Carragher’s response was genius – if a little predictable.
Shut up. https://t.co/e4ZBjf8Ijl
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) December 12, 2016
Pardon? https://t.co/OwDXDngYc8
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) December 12, 2016
But it was this mysterious retort from Carragher that really upped the ante in this particular Twitter spat:
You heard….weren't telling me to shut up when I got you out of that Tokyo nick in 2005. https://t.co/LcnMi2E3XA
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) December 12, 2016
Now, with a little bit of detective work (or Googling. Whatevs), we found this video, which seems to explain everything vis-a-vis “Tokyo 2005” – and is well worth six of your minutes…
Catch up with this week’s episode of Football Friday Live:
