Omid Djalili slaps down Gary Neville for 'nonsense' comments on Liverpool statement

Comedian and actor Omid Djalili has fired back at Gary Neville after the former Manchester United defender branded Liverpool's response to PGMOL a mistake.

Neville was on commentary duty for Sky Sports on Saturday evening as the Reds took on Tottenham Hotspur and was initially vocal about the two major first-half decisions in the match. He stated Curtis Jones' sending off was 'never a red card', and later reacted to PGMOL's admission of their error to not allow a legitimate Luis Diaz goal by saying it was 'a horrendous' blunder.

24 hours passed and Liverpool decided to release a statement of their own. The message recognised the error though ultimately slammed VAR's failings and the damage it has done to the Premier League's sporting integrity.

Neville then struck a different tone with his response. Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, he explained his empathy for the wrongdoing against his former rival - but also his belief that Sunday's club statement was 'a mistake' and a PGMOL apology should be enough to settle the matter.

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His shift in perspective confused many and led to more social media disagreements. One of those who came out with a strong - if not the strongest - response to the footballer-turned-pundit was Djalili.

Quoting Neville's X post, he said: "Gary’s hands are tied so he’s spouting corporate nonsense here and minimising a major incident. I was at #CFCWHU [Chelsea vs West Ham] Sept last year what would have been a good last min West Ham equaliser was chalked off for a supposed foul by Jarrod Bowen on CFC keeper Mendy in the build up.

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