Jamie Carragher drops Liverpool bombshell and 'positives' from failed quadruple

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher believes there are positives to take from Manchester United preventing the club from winning a possible quadruple.

The Reds signed off for the international with a dramatic defeat to their bitter rivals Man United at Old Trafford. It was a loss that ruled out the possibility of Jurgen Klopp winning four trophies in his final season at Anfield, having already won the Carabao Cup and competing for Premier League and Europa League honours.

It was a blow for Liverpool to be knocked out of the FA Cup by their old rivals. However, former Reds defender Carragher believes that a possible quadruple was always unrealistic, revealing that he had wished for the club to be knocked out of the cup against Arsenal in the third round.

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“When you’re saying, ‘stopped the quadruple’, no club has ever done it before. I go back to what Liverpool did a couple of years ago when they ended up losing out on the two biggest ones in the Premier League and Champions League,” Carragher said on The Overlap Fan Debate, sponsored by Sky Bet.

“I don’t think there was any way that Liverpool were going to win four trophies. I actually, at the start of the FA Cup run, I wanted Liverpool to get beat that game. Once the game starts, you always want your team to win.

“I was a little bit like that in the United game but then the way United won it and the way [Neville] was celebrating. I think the two-week break, surely that can help you slightly in terms of the league.”

The majority of Liverpool’s efforts will go into the Premier League title race and the Reds face a