Ex Liverpool defender, Jamie Carragher has come out to share one of his biggest regrets as a footballer. He recently revealed that missing out on photos celebrating Liverpool’s famous Champions League win in Istanbul is a big regret, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he actually missed out on the historic moment because he was at the back, stretching his calf while battling a heavy cramp at the end of the game.
Carragher added that whenever he sees one of his ex teammates who barely played any game in all of the photos, it hurts him the more.
His words, “I’m at the back, stretching my calf because I’m getting cramp at the end of the game. So when you get the shot from above and you can see players who have only played two games – like the right-back, a Spanish lad, Josemi, he’s right in it and in every picture – I’m stretching my calf in the back and I just think ‘oh my God’ because whenever I sign a picture [of Istanbul], I’m signing over Josemi’s head!”
WOW.
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation.
Domestically, the club has won 19 league titles, eight FA Cups, a record nine League Cups and 16 FA Community Shields. In international competitions, the club has won six European Cups, three UEFA Cups, four UEFA Super Cups—all English records—and one FIFA Club World Cup.
The club established itself as a major force in domestic and European football in the 1970s and 1980s, when Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish, led the club to a combined 11 League titles and four European Cups. Liverpool won two further European Cups in 2005 and 2019 under the management of Rafael Benítez and Jürgen Klopp, respectively; the latter led Liverpool to a 19th league title in 2020, the club’s first during the Premier League era.
Anfield was built in 1884 on land adjacent to Stanley Park. Situated 2 miles (3 km) from Liverpool city centre, it was originally used by Everton before the club moved to Goodison Park after a dispute over rent with Anfield owner John Houlding. Left with an empty ground, Houlding founded Liverpool in 1892 and the club has played at Anfield ever since. The capacity of the stadium at the time was 20,000, although only 100 spectators attended Liverpool’s first match at Anfield.
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