I had 45 minutes to think about Liverpool analysis that could have cost me my mate

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher admitted that analysing Steven Gerrard's infamous red card against Manchester United in 2015 was one of his biggest punditry challenges.

Carragher hung up his boots in 2013 and has gone on to become one of the game’s most well-respected pundits as part of Monday Night Football, alongside Neville .

Speaking in 2021, the pair discussed a range of topics, including one of Carragher ’s most memorable early moments as a broadcaster, when Liverpool faced their arch rivals in 2015.

Gerrard was sent off after 38 seconds in the game and Carragher explained how that moment helped show him the difference between being a teammate and a pundit.

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“When you first start, you’ve still got Scholesy playing or Giggsy playing; I’ve still got Stevie playing,” he told Neville on The Overlap YouTube channel .

“And Stevie got sent off against Man U, he stamped on Herrera, I think, but it was at the start of the second-half.

“So I had 45 minutes and I’m thinking, ‘I can’t leave that even though it’s my mate, this will look really poor on me.’ I can’t criticise Stevie, I’m not going to say he’s a disgrace, but I’m thinking I’ve got to get my words right here.”

He continued: “Sometimes you know, ‘I’ve got to deliver here’, because I knew it wasn’t about the score or let’s look at this goal. It was about, ‘your mate’s just stamped, has he cost Liverpool the game?’

“That was the moment early on at Sky where I thought you’ve got to, not lose your mate, but just pitch this right.”

Having earned a reputation as one of the most honest pundits in football, the former