Published 14:47 IST, August 23rd 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo greets Gary Neville & Roy Keane, completely snubs Carragher; WATCH
The Cristiano Ronaldo Carragher incident took place when Carragher was working for Sky Sports, along with Gary Neville and Roy Keane on the sidelines.
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Manchester United finally managed to register ir first win of season in some style beating Liverpool 2-1 in Premier League encounter at Old Trafford. win also saw red devils overtaking Liverpool on Premier League points table. However, battle between both clubs h alrey begun before kickoff with Cristiano Ronaldo snubbing former Liverpool player Jamie Carragher on sidelines during warmup.
Cristiano Ronaldo greets former teammates, ignores Jamie Carragher
Ronaldo Carragher incident took place when Carragher was doing pre-match show for Sky Sports, along with Gary Neville and Roy Keane on sidelines. Ronaldo caught everyone by surprise after making a sudden appearance to which host Dave Jones stated, " main man is here tonight!"
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37-year-old forward first ignored Jamie Carragher's attempt at a handshake and went on to hug Neville. He ignored former Liverpool defender once again and greeted anor United legend Roy Keane. After departing, Carragher exclaimed, "Totally blanked me!"
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Manchester United vs Liverpool match highlights
search for first win of season finally ended for United at ir home ground as y delivered a fantastic performance to beat fierce rival Liverpool 2-1 and claim its first points in this season's Premier League campaign. Erik ten Hag dropped star striker Cristiano Ronaldo and club captain Harry Maguire from playing XI. move did not create much trouble as Jon Sancho opened scoring in 16th minute with Marcus Rashford doubling le in 53rd minute. Mohamed Salah scored an 81st-minute to give team chance to salvage a draw. He also became first player in Liverpool's history to score 10 goals against United
However United defended hard as y hung on to le and end an eight-match winless run against Liverpool and a losing streak of four matches in league stretching back to end of last season. Liverpool are still waiting for ir first win after draws with Fulham and Crystal Palace. Following win Ten Hag while speaking to Sky Sports said, "re was communication, fight spiriting and n you can see what y can achieve.I wanted a different approach and a different attitude and that is what y brought on pitch. It is only a start. We can play with much more composure and much more danger. Be a team, and have a good spirit and that is what we saw today."
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14:47 IST, August 23rd 2022