If Jamie Carragher’s intention was to goad Gary Neville into bringing more Twitter abuse onto himself, he can consider it a successful night’s work.
Apologies for throwing salt into a fresh wound, Red Devils, but just in case anyone reading this hasn’t already heard, Manchester United were annihilated 4-0 by Chelsea on Sunday in one of the most one-sided matches you’ll ever see.
It must have been a tough one to take for former United defender Neville, but Carragher didn’t turn down the opportunity to kick him while he was down.
On Sunday night, Carragher showed an utter lack of compassion as he tweeted his glee over the result in Stamford Bridge. He also cruelly attached a selfie of Neville wearing a motorbike helmet looking like a deer caught in headlights.
Man Utd get beat 4-0 & @GNev2 is taking a selfie on a bike, does it get better than this?!! 😂😂🚴 pic.twitter.com/eZ9MXBXJgw
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) October 23, 2016
Unsurprisingly, Carragher’s hordes of followers had an absolute field day over the selfie as they sent a bombardment of zingers back at Neville’s expense.
@Carra23 @GNev2 pic.twitter.com/RUNko313tv
— ฿￦₱ (@BlessedWithPace) October 23, 2016
.@Carra23 @GNev2 If my pizza is late Gary, I will be expecting a refund.
— (((Steve Hallmark))) (@steven_hallmark) October 23, 2016
@Carra23 @GNev2 Worse Star Wars Death Star scene reboot ever
— Crossy (@_HCross) October 23, 2016
The following morning, Neville had a pop at Liverpool.Â
Taken at Anfield Monday
" happened " pic.twitter.com/7TM7wPHcZF
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) October 24, 2016
Admittedly it was a decent joke, if not a bit hackneyed. You might expect his Manchester United following to get behind him on this, but it appears he fell victim to poor timing in this instance.
Considering it came the day after United suffered a heavy defeat (apologies again, last time in this piece, I promise), people naturally assumed he tweeted it out as a result of being bitter. They didn’t mind calling him out on it either.
@GNev2 clearly a deflection to hide from yesterday then Gary ? 😉
— ⚽⚾??? (@bajankris) October 24, 2016
@GNev2 Typical United fan Gary. Trying to deflect yesterday’s horror show by talking about Liverpool
— Omkar (@lnClyned) October 24, 2016
@GNev2 Bloody hell, United fans talk more about Liverpool’s history than anybody.
— Jason Bishop (@JSNBSHP) October 24, 2016
@GNev2 greatness happened around 4-6pm yesterday when yous got bettered 4-0 blertos
— Russ Pritchard (@RussBassRuss) October 24, 2016
It’s important to note that Carragher didn’t emerge from this unscathed, but the lion’s share of the interactions went to the tweets roasting Neville. For the sake of balance, here’s one burning Carragher.
@bajankris @GNev2 pic.twitter.com/XuOEIfPdYk
— Ben (@benjinR84) October 24, 2016
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