Arsenal star Aaron Ramsdale’s dad has branded Jamie Carragher a ‘shame’ after the Liverpool icon in contrast a second through the North London Derby to the Oscars. Sky Sports activities Carragher mocked the second that Ramsdale applauded David Raya’s wonder-save within the Premier League conflict having not too long ago been dropped for the Spaniard.
Till not too long ago, Ramsdale was thought-about Arsenal’s undisputed No 1 goalkeeper. Nonetheless, the arrival of Raya has modified that, with the previous Brentford shot-stopper beginning the membership’s final three video games, together with their Champions League return and Sunday’s North London Derby.
Ramsdale has been praised for his response to the setback and was seen touchingly applauding Raya for expertly denying Son Heung-min through the 2-2 draw. However a joke by Carragher seems to have gone down badly within the Ramsdale family.
Sky Sports activities replayed the second the 24-year-old was seen clapping, with Carragher joking: “I believed it was just like the Oscars, you realize when somebody loses the Oscar and so they begin clapping and smiling for the opposite particular person.
“I used to be laughing after I noticed that. He is completely devastated.”
Sky Sports activities’ Premier League account posted the clip onto X, prompting Ramsdale’s dad Nick to shoot down Carragher. “You’re a shame!!” he raged within the replies. “Present some class!! My lad has.”
Though Ramsdale seemingly faces a battle to win again the No 1 shirt at Arsenal, head coach Mikel Arteta has raised the distinctive prospect of fixing his goalkeepers throughout matches for tactical causes. Not doing so in two earlier matches, Arteta admits, has been one in all his greatest regrets.
“I’m a very younger supervisor – I’ve solely three-and-a-half years within the job and I’ve few regrets from what I’ve accomplished,” Arteta stated final week.
“Considered one of them… I felt that after 60 minutes and 85 minutes in two video games, on this interval, to alter the keeper in that second, and I didn’t do it. I didn’t have the braveness to do it.
“However I’m able to take a winger or a striker and put a central defender again and go to a again 5 to carry a end result. And we draw these video games. And I used to be so sad.
“Somebody goes to do it and possibly it’s, ‘Uh, that’s unusual.’ Why? Why not. Inform me why not. You have got all of the qualities in one other goalkeeper to do one thing; one thing is going on and we need to change momentum, do it.”