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Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Jamie Carragher: The Greatest Games

Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Graham Hunter

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.5863 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Jamie Carragher’s new book The Greatest Games documents the best matches he has experienced as a player and as a spectator. He played in a few crackers, not least the 2005 ‘Miracle of Istanbul’ when Liverpool came back from the dead against AC Milan in the Champions League final.

As a pundit, Jamie employs the same exacting standards he applied to his long and auspicious career as an Anfield defender. He has to, because supporters are incredibly well informed and analytically astute these days. And Jamie wants to ask why a manager makes a decision rather than just lobbing criticism.

We chat about Jamie’s time playing for England under Sven-Göran Eriksson. Sven picked the safest options and didn’t impart anything new. His coaching was very basic. Yet British players are too loath to criticise. Former Liverpool coach Pepe Reina once told Jamie and Steven Gerrard that he was surprised that they and other senior pros were so humble and silent.

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1:11.2

I guess what you expected to get was the big

1:14.0

interview and you did. It's Graham, I used to have you back. Speaking about

1:19.7

having somebody back. Fantastic to have had Jamie Carreker back on the big interview, returning

1:26.3

five years since he first appeared on our show.

1:31.2

That day he was, just like Gary Neville, our first ever interview on the big interview.

1:38.1

He was in Skye.

1:39.6

He was preparing for Monday Night Football.

1:42.0

We sat in a little recording booth and I enjoyed it very much indeed.

1:47.0

But I had a distinct impression that Jamie was thinking, what is this strange format?

1:52.0

Who is this strange guy that I normally only see across

1:55.0

the editorial floor on sky television it was good it was enjoyable but I think he

2:00.4

was still getting trying to take my measure. Well he's done so since.

2:05.3

We worked together in Madrid to interview Chavi Hernandez. That was great fun.

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