Sky Sports left Jamie Carragher gobsmacked with 'ridicule' – 'I got straight on the phone'

Jamie Carragher has admitted to asking Sky Sports to stop sharing the clip of him being skinned by

legend had a playing career which he can look back on fondly, becoming the Reds' second-longest serving player in history and winning 11 trophies during that time - most notably the 2005

He also racked up 38 caps for England between 1999 and 2010, representing his country at three major tournaments. But we all have our bad days at the office.

And one of those for Carragher came at Stamford Bridge in May 2003. Liverpool lost 2-1 on their travels, and Blues hero Zola left the defender with egg on his face after he turned him inside and out in a memorable moment.

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It was brought up during Carragher's appearance on the podcast, prompting him to admit: "I get sent this clip on the anniversary every year, I think it's some time in the middle of May.

"Randomly on an international break, because there's not much football, Sky's social media department decided to just put this clip on and say, 'Look at this, Zola twisting Carragher'.

"I got on to Sky, I DM'd them and said, 'I'm supposed to be one of your top pundits, you ridicule me. It's not even on the anniversary. I don't mind the anniversary, but I don't want it in the middle of October when it happened in the middle of May.'"

Zola established himself as one of Chelsea's greatest players of all-time during his six-and-a-half years in west London. He helped them win five trophies and brought a touch of flair that the had rarely seen beforehand.

He ranks highly in Carragher's estimations as one of the best players he faced in his career. "Yeah, he was brilliant," the pundit continued. "I'll never forget a game, played twice within about two or three weeks, and one of them was a famous cup game where Chelsea came back 4-2. The other game Chelsea won 1-0 in league.

"At this stage I was just travelling with the squad, I wasn't on the bench. I remember just watching Zola and I just couldn't believe how good he was. You know at pitch level, you're really low, you can realise the speed of the game.

"The size of him - how small he was but how stocky he was, how strong he was. The way he used to control the ball - I feel like when we talk about foreign players, he's was one of those ones at the beginning that we'll always remember, we'll always have a special bond for. Probably him, [Eric] Cantona, [Dennis] Bergkamp. They felt like the first real sort of superstars."

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