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Jamie Carragher can't resist cheeky dig at Gary Neville in right-back debate

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Jamie Carragher has hailed Kyle Walker as the greatest right-back in Premier League history, edging out Manchester United icon Gary Neville. The Liverpool icon believes that Walker's enduring career gives him an advantage over his former rival, delivering his judgement with a cheeky jibe.



Walker's standout performance during Burnley's 2-0 victory against Leeds prompted Carragher's comparison. At 35, Gary Neville was getting run ragged by Jerome Thomas at West Brom so that, for me, it gives Kyle Walker the final [say]." Neville played his final game against West Brom on New Year's Day in 2011 (Image: Getty Images) Carragher, who couldn't resist a chuckle while making that comment on MNF, was referring to the last match of Neville's playing career on New Year's Day in 2011.

"I didn't want to be there and I'd never felt that on a football pitch before, but I'd been like that in training for the last three or four months. "People ask me if I miss football, and I say no, because I remember how bad those last six months were.