It’s important to hand it to Gary Neville in a single sense – he reported for responsibility at Anfield on Sunday despite the fact that he’d absolutely somewhat have been anyplace else on the planet!
The ex-Manchester United defender was on co-commentary for Sky Sports activities to witness Liverpool demolishing Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 and duly successful their twentieth league title, equalling the file of his former membership.
Within the days main as much as the fixture, realising the potential penalties at play, he made no secret of his anguish at seeing the Reds conquer all earlier than them to reclaim the standing of English champions, his woe exacerbated by the Outdated Trafford outfit languishing in 14th place.
Neville makes fast getaway on the last whistle!
On Tuesday, Liverpool FC’s official X channel shared footage from the Anfield press field displaying the membership’s in-house commentary staff rejoicing over the 5 objectives that the house aspect scored, in addition to the explosion of pleasure when the ultimate whistle blew.
Inside seconds of full-time, Neville may be seen beating a hasty retreat – though it didn’t go unnoticed by John Aldridge or some Reds followers behind the gantry, who pointed in direction of the 50-year-old and laughed amongst themselves, little doubt having fun with the sight of the die-hard Man United supporter fleeing the scenes of celebration!
Liverpool confounded Neville and all of the doubters this season
While not even essentially the most optimistic of Kopites would realistically have had us down as potential champions in the beginning of the season, the Sky Sports activities pundit hasn’t been allowed to neglect that he predicted Liverpool to complete fifth again in August…two positioned beneath his former membership.
Because the marketing campaign progressed and Slot’s staff saved on successful, he step by step revised his verdict on the Reds till it turned clear that even he’d haven’t any alternative however to acknowledge that the title was certain for Anfield.
The problem for LFC can be to attempt to retain their crown, one thing they by no means got here near undertaking as reigning champions in 2020/21, and it’s to be anticipated that the chasing pack can be improved from what they’ve been this time period.
That’s a mission for one more day. For now, Liverpool followers can fairly rightly rejoice of their membership’s newly-reclaimed standing as Premier League winners…simply don’t count on Neville to hitch in!
You possibly can view the footage of Neville promptly leaving his seat under (from 1:30), through @LFC on X:
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