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Manchester United legend Gary Neville has directed another daring at Liverpool by gleefully mocking Scouse’s accent during the Reds’ game against Chelsea.
Neville’s loyalty to his former team is no secret, and he and fellow Sky Sports expert and Liverpool hero Jamie Carragher share a healthy on-screen rivalry in which they regularly go head-to-head over matters relating to their exes. teams.
Following the kick-off at Stamford Bridge, lead commentator Martin Tyler and Neville were discussing the Liverpool signing of Thiago Alcantara, who joined the Reds in a £ 27 million move from Bayern Munich on Friday.
Tyler commented that the Spanish midfielder speaks “excellent English”, to which Neville could not resist a response of “that won’t help him where he lives,” referring to the difficulty some have in understanding Liverpool’s accent.
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It’s not the first time Neville has had a bit of fun at the expense of Scouse’s accent.
In a Sky Sports article last year in which he and Carragher debated the pros and cons of Manchester and Liverpool, one of the topics was which city had the best accent.
Neville said, “Oh my gosh, I’m not even arguing about it. Honestly, I’ve never heard a man say ‘OK’ in so many different ways. It’s horrible.”
Thiago, meanwhile, started the game against Chelsea on the bench, and his coach Jurgen Klopp insisted that he still needed more time to get used to his team’s system.
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“No, I didn’t think for a second about starting today,” Klopp said before kickoff. “It’s a lot of fun that people can consider that because of the way Bayern and Liverpool play.
“There may be similar parts, but they play with two midfielders and a number 10 and we played most of the time differently, so there was no chance (he would start today).”
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