Jamie Carragher was rightly aggrieved on Monday Night Football following Leicester's 3-1 defeat of Liverpool.
On the one hand, Liverpool had been outfought and outclassed by a side who, until Monday, hadn't scored a Premier League goal in 2017. On the other, Leicester showed more class and fight in 90 minutes than they had in two thirds of a season under Claudio Ranieri, a couple of notable early-season victories aside.
As such, Carragher said both teams should hang their heads in shame as they departed the pitch. It seemed to be his pre-match comments, however, which drew the ire of Leicester right-back Danny Simpson, who - despite the relative silence of he and his teammates in recent weeks - went in two-footed on the former Liverpool defender, calling Gary Neville to action in the process.
Simpson began by taking a pop at Carragher for wearing Everton gear yesterday.
Just gonna put it out there. No offence but I don't think I would ever see @GNev2 training in a Man City Training shirt pic.twitter.com/fgjOOLqKdl
— DANNY SIMPSON (@dannysimpson) March 1, 2017
I could tell. I'm sorry but regardless of being a pundit you are man united through and through and you would never do that
— DANNY SIMPSON (@dannysimpson) March 1, 2017
@dannysimpson @GNev2 Get out of his a**e! If we're getting things off our chest did you go & see the owner in Seville?
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) March 1, 2017
More offensive than you lot running around on Monday?!!! https://t.co/Paefz3fqOd
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) March 1, 2017
@Carra23 come on Jamie it's your job to check them stats. Aren't we all just average players who won the best league in the world
— Danny Simpson (@dannysimpson) March 1, 2017
@dannysimpson Sorry if that offends you, I was talking about your careers as a whole. Great respect for what you all achieved.
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) March 1, 2017
But then things got real very, very quickly...
@Carra23 I respect your opinion, and as a defender I look up to you and what you've achieved. However i won the league you haven't 👍🏽 😂 🏆
— DANNY SIMPSON (@dannysimpson) March 1, 2017
Thought you had more? You part of those joke players at Man U who claimed titles after 5 games a season?!!
Quiet on Seville Daniel. 🤔 https://t.co/UWu1hZwIiA— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) March 1, 2017
@Carra23 yea, joke man united players holding this beauty pic.twitter.com/XXiBrrdbCH
— Danny Simpson (@dannysimpson) March 1, 2017
Wooooahhhh! Just out of a meeting it's all going off... https://t.co/ZU3denyUbi
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) March 1, 2017
Your winner...in the BLUE CORNER...DANNY SIMPSON!
Mind you, Carragher's question about Simpson and certain Leicester players meeting with the owner in Seville remains pertinent and unanswered, so you might argue he deserved at least a draw. Also, who the fuck cares? It's a bit of fun on Twitter dot com.
In any case, an interview between the two - perhaps mediated by Johnny Nelson - would do serious #numbers on Sky Sports.
