Liverpool legend Ian Rush thinks that the Liverpool fans knocking Jamie Carragher for his own goal against Hull are forgetting a few things.
Ian Rush reckons that those in the media and elsewhere who have slated Liverpool's stalwart defender Jamie Carragher for his own goal at the weekend ought to think again.
Carragher, Liverpool born and bred, loves the club and gives his all for it the way that only someone from the city can, and Rush thinks that Carragher deserves praise for his years of committment to the cause rather than criticism for the odd mistake.
"Some were all too happy to point out this isn’t the first time he has scored an own goal but I look at it from another perspective – how many goals does Carragher save Liverpool every season by making last ditch interventions and getting himself into the kind of positions where other defenders would be too scared to go?" Rush asked, in today's Liverpool Echo.
"Own goals are an occupational hazard for defenders like Carragher.
"If you put your body on the line and make tackle after tackle, the odds are that every now and again the ball will deflect the wrong way or come off you in an unexpected way."
And Rush goes on to remind Liverpool fans of the Champions League final in Istanbul, when, with AC Milan pushing for a winner, Carragher threw himself in to challenges and blocks like a man possessed to keep the ball out of the net. The Anfield legend later provides a telling example of Carragher's character as well.
"Another example of his commitment to the team and his will to win was when he tried to stay on the pitch after breaking his leg at Blackburn," added Rush.
"You don’t do that unless you are a very special individual.
"That’s why every Liverpool fan will forgive Carragher the odd own goal and why they will keep encouraging him to go in where it matters – because they know that makes him worth his weight in gold."
Carragher's own goal was his second of the season, the other coming in the defeat at Tottenham Hotpsur back in Novemeber.
Ian Rush reckons that those in the media and elsewhere who have slated Liverpool's stalwart defender Jamie Carragher for his own goal at the weekend ought to think again.
Carragher, Liverpool born and bred, loves the club and gives his all for it the way that only someone from the city can, and Rush thinks that Carragher deserves praise for his years of committment to the cause rather than criticism for the odd mistake.
"Some were all too happy to point out this isn’t the first time he has scored an own goal but I look at it from another perspective – how many goals does Carragher save Liverpool every season by making last ditch interventions and getting himself into the kind of positions where other defenders would be too scared to go?" Rush asked, in today's Liverpool Echo.
"Own goals are an occupational hazard for defenders like Carragher.
"If you put your body on the line and make tackle after tackle, the odds are that every now and again the ball will deflect the wrong way or come off you in an unexpected way."
And Rush goes on to remind Liverpool fans of the Champions League final in Istanbul, when, with AC Milan pushing for a winner, Carragher threw himself in to challenges and blocks like a man possessed to keep the ball out of the net. The Anfield legend later provides a telling example of Carragher's character as well.
"Another example of his commitment to the team and his will to win was when he tried to stay on the pitch after breaking his leg at Blackburn," added Rush.
"You don’t do that unless you are a very special individual.
"That’s why every Liverpool fan will forgive Carragher the odd own goal and why they will keep encouraging him to go in where it matters – because they know that makes him worth his weight in gold."
Carragher's own goal was his second of the season, the other coming in the defeat at Tottenham Hotpsur back in Novemeber.
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