‘Where do you think he learnt it from?’: Jamie Carragher pokes fun at Micah Richards joking he is a bad role model for Micah Hamilton after claiming the Man City youngster performed a ‘horrendous dive’ against Red Star Belgrade
Jamie Carragher has taken a dig at Micah Richards, joking that he is not a good role model for young Manchester City star Micah Hamilton.
The 20-year-old City academy star made his full debut for the club on Wednesday night and enjoyed his first dream match against Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League.
Hamilton produced a moment of magic in the 19th minute to give City a 1-0 lead, bursting into the penalty area and firing the ball past the Belgrade goalkeeper from a tight angle.
City won 3–2 and will now qualify for the knockout stages of the tournament as the top seed in Group G.
After the match, Carragher praised the young star for his performance, telling CBS Sports: “I had a lot to admire. He reminds us of this man to our left (Richards). His performance was fantastic, the interview was fantastic.”
Jamie Carragher has poked fun at Micah Richards by calling him a bad role model for Manchester City youngster Micah Hamilton.
Hamilton, who made his Citizens debut on Wednesday, fell to the ground in Red Star Belgrade’s penalty area during the match.
But the former Liverpool defender admitted he was unimpressed by the passage of the game in which Hamilton went down in the opposition penalty area.
“But there was one thing I didn’t like tonight and he needs to take that out of his game,” he said of the moment.
“This terrible, terrible dive is a deception.”
Carragher’s harsh comments immediately drew a reaction from Richards, who responded: “What?!”
“That’s not right,” Carragher adds, before Richards said: “He’s got a shirt there!”
The ex-Liverpool defender added: “No, that’s wrong, he flopped on the floor, it’s very theatrical and we don’t want to see that.”
Carragher, speaking as a pundit after the game, said Hamilton dove and found a video in the archives of Richards himself making a rather exceptional dive.
Carragher jokingly stated: “Where do you think he learned that from Mickey Richards?”
‘Are you seriously?’ Richards said in bewilderment, to which Carragher replied: “Of course I’m serious; He will thank me for this message in a few years.”
Carragher, who then made his point, then showed a video of Richards doing a very creepy swan dive during his playing days at Aston Villa.
“He clearly respects you, so where do you think he got that from?” Where do you think he learned this from Mickey Richards? Carragher said before playing a hilarious clip of Richards being lifted into the air and then spun horizontally and landing on his head.
The humorous clip excited the studio, and Thierry Henry, who also acted as an expert, was puzzled by the physics of Richards’ dive.
But it was a fantastic debut for Hamilton, who reflected on his career after the match before declaring there was more to come from him after a “surreal” Champions League debut.
“Honestly, I don’t even know how to put it into words – it’s all surreal. Obviously a game; goal, everyone saw it, I didn’t even know what to do,” said the 20-year-old player.
Despite this, Hamilton had a fantastic debut for the Citizens, scoring a very well-taken strike on his debut goal.
After the match, the 20-year-old admitted there was still a lot to be achieved from him, but said the experience was “surreal”.
“He (Guardiola) put me on the right wing, which was something different for me. I didn’t actually play there. I saw it as a challenge, accepted it and enjoyed every moment.”
“I played with Oscar (Bobb) last season in the U21s, top player, I’ve grown up with Rico (Lewis) since I was literally so little. Susoho, who made his debut, is now playing at the age of 21.
“Today the coach gave us opportunities in training and in the game. Playing with the best players always makes you better.”
“This is definitely just the beginning… and we can start from here. It’s not bad. This is all surreal, not yet fully understood. Everyone at home will watch it.”