Athletico Easthamico 3:33 Sat Jan 30
Jamie Carragher talks about the ghost of Scaloni.
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Jamie Carragher says he would have strangled this West Ham player
A decade on from Liverpool's epic FA Cup final win over West Ham United Jamie Carragher has made a shocking revelation.
A decade on from Liverpool's epic FA Cup final win over West Ham United Jamie Carragher has made a shocking revelation.
Back on that sunny day in Cardiff in 2006 Reds legend Steven Gerrard's last gasp thunderbolt rescued Liverpool in that epic final and broke Hammers hearts.
So painful are the memories, many West Ham fans have admitted they have never watched the game again since.
But a decade is a long time in football and now West Ham, on the brink of their move to the 54,000 seater Olympic Stadium, are challenging the Premier League elite.
Slaven Bilic's side are sixth in the table, one place above Jurgen Klopp's side with one eye on the Champions League places.
The sides go head-to-head for the third time this season with the Hammers having already done the double over them.
The ghost of Scaloni
But ahead of the FA Cup match Hammers fans are still haunted by the ghost of Lionel Scaloni, the Argentine right back who's naivety - coupled with a lack of sportsmanship from Liverpool - cost West Ham their first major trophy since 1980.
Scaloni was arguably to blame for Gerrard's famous equaliser after he put the ball out of play for an injured Liverpool player right near his own 18 yard box.
Then when Liverpool threw the ball to him and instantly - and unsportingly - closed him down he panicked and sliced a clearance to the halfway line leading to that goal.
It is a moment West Ham fans, and Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher - who played in the game - will never forget.
'Why didn't he smash it up the pitch!?'
Writing in his Daily Mail column, Carragher said he would have been livid with Scaloni.
"I would still be strangling Lionel Scaloni now if I had been a West Ham player. Oh my God!" Carragher wrote in his column.
"He tried to be like a nice professional. ‘I’ll kick the ball out, someone is injured’. But he kicks it out right next to where he was.
"Why didn’t he smash it up the pitch? It’s the last minute! As if we were going to give it back! We did give it back but I was actually closing him down.
"I told them we were going to throw it to them but the ball was going right to their feet and I was going to close him down. A left-sided centre back pressing on their right back? That’s how mad the game had become."
Liverpool's gamesmanship that day still sticks in the craw of the Upton Park faithful and will only spur them on for a measure of revenge when the two sides clash at Anfield today.
Who was to blame Scaloni or Liverpool?
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Replies - In Chronological Order ( Show Newest Messages First)
Sarge
3:39 Sat Jan 30
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Which game was this?
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Alex V
3:50 Sat Jan 30
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Does anybody watch matches more than once?
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CapeTown Hammer
3:57 Sat Jan 30
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I will never get over this.
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Lily Hammer
4:14 Sat Jan 30
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Honesty from a scouser?.......bacon sarnies will grow wings and start flying, next.
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defjam
4:16 Sat Jan 30
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*Watches bacon sarnie fly past window*
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Scraper
4:16 Sat Jan 30
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Gerrard's favourite carreer goal.
Does he sen xmas cards to Scaloni?
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Mart O
4:18 Sat Jan 30
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I'd have watched it more than once if we'd have fucking won, that's for sure.
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Billy Blagg
4:21 Sat Jan 30
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I remember screaming at Scaloni at the time. It didn't make sense. He pointed at the injured player, indicated he was going to let it go, so why didn't he just punt it to the half-way line? I have watched it since and I'm still convinced we'll win.
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Vexed
4:33 Sat Jan 30
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Benayoun was way more culpable but has seemingly got away with it.
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Far Cough
4:37 Sat Jan 30
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Lets all blame Harewood for that miss at the end then
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Mad Dog
4:37 Sat Jan 30
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I've always (ALWAYS ) despised Liverpool and their cunt fans.
Only marginally behind those white wearing north London scum.
Their lack of sportsmanship was appalling and I'm still furious about it to this day.
CUNTS
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Claret Hoop
4:40 Sat Jan 30
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Interesting that, because I can remember loads of Scousers walking past us after the game outside the ground pretty much apologising for winning and sportingly admitting that we deserved to win the match.
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mallard
5:37 Sat Jan 30
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I blame Pardew and his obscene substitutions
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boltkunt
5:40 Sat Jan 30
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I blame steve P
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Saul Bollox
5:41 Sat Jan 30
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I fucking hate scousers, I hate liverpool
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David L
6:20 Sat Jan 30
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Harewood got done badly by one of the scouse fuckers just before his chance didnt he?
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Northern Sold
6:40 Sat Jan 30
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Claret Hoop.... had loads during the night say we were the better team ... wore thin after a few hours and we had to tell them to just fuck off and leave us to eat our ruby... even the next day on the train they were saying the same...
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Eddie B
6:45 Sat Jan 30
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With five mins to go why did Pardew bring Sheringham on, and not James Collins? We were in the lead, why bring on a striker and not a defender. Still doesn't make any sense.
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bobbymoore
6:52 Sat Jan 30
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Sarge 3:39 Sat Jan 30
You are kidding right?
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Scraper
9:32 Sat Jan 30
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He's impying that he's successfully erased it from his memory.
Happy to help.
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