Roy Keane claims Jamie Carragher is 'playing games' over prediction
Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher (Image: Getty Images)Manchester United legend Roy Keane has slammed fellow pundit Jamie Carragher for allegedly playing psychological warfare with his latest Champions League forecast.The former Liverpool centre-back has backed Arsenal as this year's tournament favourites, coming after Liverpool's disappointing four-game run without a win.Arne Slot's side bounced back emphatically in the Champions League with a thumping 5-1 triumph over Eintracht Frankfurt and now face the opportunity to end their Premier League struggles against Brentford this weekend.Meanwhile, Arsenal have seized top spot and cruised past Atletico Madrid in their midweek European encounter.During The Overlap - Stick to Football, ex-England Lioness Jill Scott referenced Carragher's remarks from his CBS commentary, where he named Arsenal as the Champions League leaders, reports the Mirror."Jamie said last night that Arsenal are favourites for the Champions League, well he put them as favourites," Scott observed.Keane swiftly hit back, declaring: "Jamie plays games like that, doesn't he? He puts them favourites to take the pressure off Liverpool, a little bit, there's a little bit of that."But we all sit here and say, who's going to win the league and we're all going to say Arsenal now and that's putting pressure on them."Scott, who had previously tipped Chelsea for the crown, stuck to her guns with her forecast.She insisted: "I'm still sticking with Chelsea."Jill I'm serious now, do you drink alcohol in the morning?" Keane cheekily retorted. "How do you think Chelsea can win the league, they gave up about 10 chances against Nottingham Forest by playing out from the back. You think they're better than Arsenal?"."You change your mind all the time," Scott fired back. However, Keane was swift to put the record straight, reminding her of his pre-season forecast: "When did I change my mind, who did I say at the start of the season for the title? I said Arsenal."Fellow United icon Gary Neville weighed in: "They've [Arsenal] played United away, Man City, Liverpool away. They've played nearly everybody already and they're where they are. It is wrong to say this because it is ridiculous and we've all been in title races. If they don't win it from here... we've all predicted Arsenal to win the league right, we know it can go wrong."If they don't win it from where the other teams are and the confident position they're in now... a lot can change but they're in a good place. It feels like the Newcastle game turned the corner."It's not a putting pressure on them statement, they just must be thinking, 'this is us, this year, we've got to win it'. When you can bring in [Myles] Lewis-Skelly for [Riccardo] Calafiori and Ben White, [Cristhian] Mosquera coming in with no drop off, it's looking scary."We've got to be careful," cautioned Keane. "We've got a responsibility saying stuff, two or three weeks ago, we see what happened to Liverpool. If Arsenal got a few injuries, things could change very quickly."
