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Jamie Carragher calls out Gary Neville for misquoting him - 'I didn't say that'

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Carragher used a section of last week’s Monday Night Football, a day after Liverpool’s defeat to Manchester United, to highlight how long throws have become a tactic used by sides in the Premier League.During the latest episode of The Overlap podcast, Neville said he is enjoying the long-thrown tactic seen this season as he made reference to Carragher's opinion. I thought it was really interesting because to be fair I disagree with the point, but he's not here - I wish he was here... he said he hates long throws and somebody else said it yesterday.



I'm like I love long throws."However, hitting back at Neville on Tuesday, Carragher took to X and said: “For the 100th time I didn’t say I hate set pieces or long throws!!!! What I don’t like is every team taking long throws, & the time it’s taking out of the game.

He said: “In terms of percentage, only Man United are worse than Arsenal set piece-wise this season.READ MORE: Declan Rice next to be called for crunch Arsenal meeting after Bukayo Saka talksREAD MORE: Arne Slot Liverpool sack verdict reached as ex-Reds star 'can't believe what I'm hearing'"So when we make a big deal about the set-piece coach... he's absolutely out of this world in terms of going forward, but they've got a big problem defensively.“So should we be cutting his wages in half? You feel like they are going to score a goal from a set-piece in every game, or come very close to scoring.“Of course he's had a huge impact but it is funny that they are having huge problems themselves.”But speaking on Sunday evening, Carragher said he believes Arsenal are 'by far the best team' in the Premier League at present.