Jamie Carragher has hit back at Liverpool fans on social media after many slammed him for praising Chelsea player Cole Palmer.
The centre-back was a one-club man, making 739 appearances for the Reds and scoring five goals in a 17-year spell at Anfield.
He often captained Liverpool in Steven Gerrard’s absence and won the Champions League trophy in 2005, as well as two FA Cups and three League Cups.
Carragher has been one of Sky Sports’ best-known pundits for more than a decade and was in the commentary box for Chelsea’s dramatic 4-3 win over Spurs on Sunday afternoon.
But the 46-year-old faced a barrage of criticism from supporters of his former club when he said Palmer had been the best player in the Premier League over the past 18 months. Many criticized him for failing to mention Reds star Mohamed Salah.
Now Carragher has issued a cheeky response to one such post on X, telling those who disagree with him to watch his expert’s full clip.
Jamie Carragher has hit back at Liverpool supporters who didn’t like his praise for Cole Palmer
The Blues star has scored 36 goals and provided 21 assists in 62 games since joining Chelsea
Some Reds fans thought he was ignoring Mohamed Salah, who scored 40 goals in that period
One account criticized the former England international, saying: ‘be serious, @Carra23. I’m trying way too hard,” and the expert replied, “Maybe you’re trying harder to get the full quote out!
‘I said he has been the best player in the last 18 months, which in my opinion he has been. And you probably know I said that, but your desperation for likes and retweets knows no bounds!!
“Your account is so bad, please stop following me.”
Carragher had made a series of provocative comments about Chelsea striker Palmer in a conversation with a colleague Air sports experts Paul Merson and Jamie Redknapp, and host Kelly Cates.
He said: ‘He gets the punishment and he is involved in the [Enzo] Fernandez also scores, there are three or four players around him. That’s what great players do: you’re scared when he has the ball.
‘I loved him last season and he has started very well this season.
‘I think I made the comment a few weeks ago that if you look at his last 18 months at Chelsea, I don’t think there has been a player in the Premier League who has performed better than him.
‘And he doesn’t play for the best team. I mean, they look like one of the best teams in the league right now.
Carragher selected some stories about X that had criticized him for his views
Palmer scored two penalties, including one panenka, in a memorable 4-3 win over Spurs
He also set up Enzo Fernandez’s equalizer after making a dazzling run into Tottenham’s half
‘But when you think about Chelsea over the years and some of the great attacking players they’ve had, and they’ve had some great attacking players, when you think about those talented players that I think about [Gianfranco] Zola and [Eden] Hazard, I think he has probably done more in these 18 months than Zola.
‘Zola will probably go down as one of the best players to ever play for Chelsea and he is probably at the level of what I have seen Hazard do, albeit perhaps for a longer period of time, for four to five years.
But as it stands, if he can take Chelsea to a title, whether it is this season or the next two or three seasons, he will go down in history as one of the best players to ever play for Chelsea, if he keeps doing what he does. doing.
‘He is a very special player and not only in the Premier League, but also in European or world football.’
Palmer scored two penalties, including a daring panenka for his second, and set up Fernandez’s equalizer with a dazzling run, drifting past a pair of Spurs defenders before sending the ball to the Argentine.
The home side took an early lead with two goals thanks to mistakes from Marc Cucurella, who gave Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski opportunities to fire home.
But Chelsea stuck to the task and soon got into their groove, showing the kind of slick, attacking football that has seen them become this season’s surprise package and rise to second in the table.
Jadon Sancho pulled one back before half-time, gaining a yard of space on the edge of the area before curling home.
Carragher made 739 appearances for the Reds and won a Champions League trophy with the club
The pundit said Palmer could emulate Blues icon Eden Hazard for his impact at Chelsea
A flurry of second half saw the Blues overturn the deficit and march into a 4-2 lead as streams of home fans departed early.
Heung-Min Son pulled one back for Spurs in injury time but it wasn’t enough to spare Ange Postecoglou’s blushes, with the Australian manager feeling the pressure at the north London club.
Palmer’s support takes his tally for Chelsea to 36 goals and 21 assists in 62 games since arriving at Stamford Bridge 16 months ago.
Liverpool’s Salah, meanwhile, has scored 40 goals and provided 26 assists in 65 games in the same period.