SCOTT CARSON became a two-time Champions League winner last weekend – but he tried to give away his first winners’ medal.
The former England stopper got his hands on a second medal last Saturday when Manchester City picked up their maiden European Cup with a 1-0 win over Inter Milan in Istanbul.
Carson picked up his first – somewhat fittingly – in the same stadium 18 years earlier with Liverpool in their unforgettable comeback victory over AC Millan.
But he felt undeserving of the gong having only played once during the campaign – so much so that he tried to give it to fellow stopper Chris Kirkland.
The 37-year-old told The Guardian in 2017: “When we got the medals, I tried to give mine to Chris.
“He played more games in the group stages than me. So I felt that he deserved it more.
“But Chris, as anyone who knows him will say, is a really nice lad.
“And he said, ‘No. You were on the bench, you played your part as well.'”
Carson was a spectator as Jerzy Dudek’s shootout heroics guided the Reds to their then-fifth European title.
And he would’ve been more than happy not to have walked away from the Ataturk Stadium with a gold medal.
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He said: “I’m delighted I’ve got it, but a medal is a lot more valuable to you if you played.
“For me, Just to witness that night was good enough.”
Hours after picking up his second Champions League winners’ medal, a Twitter troll claimed Carson was undeserving of either as he hadn’t played a single game in Liverpool and City’s successful campaigns.
But he was quick to put the troll in their place by pointing out he played in the first leg of the Reds’ 2005 quarter-final tie with Juventus.
He tweeted: “90 minutes quarter-final do your research lad.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
