Kate Scottcommented with Jamie Carragher on CBS Sports Golazo the situation that has affected two of his former Liverpool teammates, Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa (a ‘red’ player from 2004 to 2009).
Arbeloa, who played for Liverpool from 2007 to 2009, has replaced Xabi Alonso as Real Madrid’s first-team coach.
Arbeloa was not a great player, but he was a good player… And he started to think he was a great player
Jamie Carragher, Liverpool legend, remembers with Micah Richards (formerly of Manchester City who admitted that he injured himself having sex) when “we needed to keep a clean sheet to make sure we had the best defensive record of the season”.
Carragher: “Arbeloa was attacking too much and I just wanted him to defend. That was his job”
The former England international said that “Arbeloa was not a great player, but he was a good player… And he started to think he was a great player”.
“So I needed him to get his feet back on the ground. He was attacking too much and I just wanted him to defend. That was his job. Our aim was to keep a clean sheet,” he explained.
Carragher highlighted that “I think we beat West Bromwich 2-0 and got the Golden Glove for Pepe Reina.”
Pepe Reina won the Premier League Golden Glove with Liverpool in three consecutive seasons: 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08.
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