MANCHESTER United legend Gary Neville wasted no time in taunting Liverpool fans – by claiming the Red Devils are now ‘joint top’ of the Premier League.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side beat Aston Villa 2-1 on Friday night to match Liverpool’s points tally, although they still trail the champions on goal difference.
Gary Neville tries not to smile as he looks at the camera with a champagne bottleCredit: Twitter @GNev2
Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville cracks open the bubbly and a smileCredit: Twitter @GNev2
Gary Neville celebrates going ‘joint top’ with LiverpoolCredit: Twitter @GNev2
Bertrand Traore’s 58th-minute goal cancelled out Anthony Martial’s first-half opener, but Bruno Fernandes’ penalty extended the Red Devils’ unbeaten run to 10 games.
Both clubs have 33 points, but Liverpool’s goal difference is +17, with United on +9.
However that did not deter Sky Sports pundit Neville, who loves to wind up Liverpool fans, especially his Monday Night Football joint host Jamie Carragher.
Soon after the full-time whistle had blown and Man United moved up to second in the Premier League table, Neville took to Twitter to open a bottle of champagne, alongside the words ‘Happy New Year ( Joint Top )’.
And the tweet certainly did trigger a response.
Fans reminded Neville that United finished ‘joint top’ with Man City in the 2011/12 season, but lost out on the title on goal difference.
ESPN pundit and former Chelsea star Craig Burley joked that ‘”Second is the new joint top”.
And journalist Chris Bascombe tweeted: “When did ‘joint top’ become a thing?”
In December Neville hilariously trolled Carragher after Liverpool drew with Fulham – the side he predicted were ‘certain’ to go down.
Jurgen Klopp’s Reds could only muster a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage as Mo Salah’s controversial late penalty rescued a point.
While Fulham were leading, Neville tweeted three sets of eye emojis alongside a screenshot of a newspaper headline from September that read ‘Jamie Carragher shows Fulham no mercy, predicts relegation and tears into owner’.
Carragher had ripped into the Cottagers after they lost 3-0 at home to Aston Villa two-and-a-half months ago.
He said Fulham were more likely to go down than Liverpool were to retain their title.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
