Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher wear Liverpool and Manchester United shirts as Monday Night Football returns
The two Sky Sports pundits were forced to wear their rivals' kits while live on air after losing bets
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Your support makes all the difference.Gary Neville remained true to his word by donning a Xherdan Shaqiri Liverpool shirt while live on Sky Sports – only to get his own back on fellow pundit Jamie Carragher immediately after.
Neville and Carragher returned to Monday Night Football duty alongside David Jones for Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace, offering up their cutting-edge insight on Arsenal’s win-less start to the season and Manchester United’s weekend defeat by Brighton and Hove Albion.
They also dissected the result at Selhurst Park, which saw the Reds continue their perfect start to the season to keep pace with Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham, Watford and Bournemouth.
But what Monday Night Football fans were really tuning in to see came long after the match had finished. Having lost a penalty shootout at the recent Premier League launch, Neville had promised to wear a Liverpool shirt at the orders of former England teammate Carragher.
Furthermore, the jersey had a personal message from summer signing Shaqiri, with Carragher getting the Swiss midfielder’s name on the back following a string of criticism from Neville during the recent World Cup for his perceived reluctance to defend.
“To my number 1 fan Gary. Please don't track back. Sorry, please don't back track on this bet,” Shaqiri wrote.
However, knowing he was going to have to don the shirt of his arch-rivals, former Manchester United defender Neville produced a shirt of his own for Carragher to wear, recalling a previous bet that was yet to be settled.
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Carragher claimed previously that former Tottenham midfielder Paulinho would score 15 goals in a single season, which Neville recalled did not happen during the Brazilian’s brief time in the Premier League. Throwing a No 2 United shirt at him complete with the name ‘Neville’ on it, Neville put on his Liverpool shirt back-to-front so that Shaqiri’s message could be seen – also because he could not bear to have the Liverpool crest on his chest – while Carragher obliged and put on the United jersey.
The pair also promised to auction the shirts off to raise money for foodbank charities that are run by supporters of both Premier League clubs.
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