Dietmar Hamann has labelled Phil Neville's criticism of Loris Karius "laughable", and described his former teammate Jamie Carragher as "out of order" for his own merciless takedown of the new Liverpool goalkeeper.
The no-nonsense German has been taking names on his Twitter this morning, first calling out former rival Neville before turning his attention to former teammate Carragher.
23-year-old Liverpool goalkeeper Karius was at fault for West Ham's equaliser at Anfield yesterday, and has conceded six goals from the last nine shots on target he has faced. He was similarly poor last week, and spoke out against Gary Neville's criticism of his performance midweek - something both Carragher and Phil Neville were quick to criticise on both Sky Sports' Super Sunday and BBC's Match of the Day 2.
"He's just sticking up for his brother!"
Phil Neville says Karius needs to shut up and get on with his job#MOTD2 https://t.co/jUKEuyB4om— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) December 11, 2016
Not one to mince his words, Hamann took to Twitter to fire back in Karius' defence, first describing Phil Neville's comments as "disrespectful".
That's the most laughable thing I've read in a long time. Disrespectful to say the least https://t.co/eYjYfhg9kU
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) December 12, 2016
And when it was suggested to him by about four million fans that his old buddy Jamie Carragher had said similar a few hours prior, he wasn't backtracking.
Carra is out of order too. Karius is 23 years old and played over 100 top flight games. Outrageous comments, deserves a little more respect https://t.co/DV7Wn2Ldt2
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) December 12, 2016
You can criticise as much as you want but you don't tell an adult to shut up. Poor form https://t.co/gmaaoeqkl1
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) December 12, 2016
Hamann also later retweeted this:
Totally agree with @DietmarHamann on karius.. @Carra23 & @GNev2 need to get off their high horses and pipe down .. give the lad a break
— Raymond Grant (@raymieg86) December 12, 2016
A punditry civil war might yet be upon us, because Carragher has responded in kind to his former teammate. This one could continue long into the evening.
Shut up. https://t.co/e4ZBjf8Ijl
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) December 12, 2016
Pardon? https://t.co/OwDXDngYc8
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) December 12, 2016
You heard....weren't telling me to shut up when I got you out of that Tokyo nick in 2005. https://t.co/LcnMi2E3XA
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) December 12, 2016
