Jamie Carragher consulted with Peter Schmeichel during a heated debate over Neymar’s performance against Atalanta.
The Paris Saint-Germain Neymar superstar shone with his dribble but was furious for the goal during the clash of the Champions League quarter-final with the Italian club.
It took goals from Marquinhos and Eric Choupo-Moting to reverse a 1-0 deficit and send the French giants through to the semi-finals.
Unimpressed when Neymar shared two golden chances to score in the first half, Schmeichel criticized the Brazilian forward, claiming that the chances he missed were given to him by Atalanta.
But Carragher disagreed with Dane’s analysis and the two soon came together CBS Sports .
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“Please do not cry,” Schmeichel told Liverpool at half-time, only to see Neymar play a vital role in both PSG’s equalizer and winner at injury time.
The 28-year-old helped Marquinhos before playing a sublime pass to Kylian Mbappe, who gave Choupo-Moting the lead over the French giants.
Carragher could not help but send a barbed remark in Schmeichel’s direction as he led Neymar’s late heroine.
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The former England defender wrote: “What has Neymar done now, Schmeichel ?! Set the two up alone! Stick to goal! ”
But Schmeichel stood by his earlier claims about Neymar’s performance during a frosty repeat.
“You know a little bit about football,” Manchester United said loudly in response to Carragher.
“I have to say I’m trying to compare him to players of the likes [Cristiano] Ronaldo en [Lionel] Messi, [Diego] Maradona, [Robert] Lewandowski and one Mbappe.
“I think he changed the game. I do not think Neymar was brilliant.
‘But I’m so happy for you [Carragher] that you’re glad I was wrong. Let me just remind you that you’re on your hooks – I had PSG! Forgot that? ”
PSG will meet the winner of Atletico Madrid and RB Leipzig on Thursday night in the semi-finals of the Champions League next week.
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