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11th December 2016
05:58pm GMT

"He's not good enough that goalkeeper. You could see actually in his first game, was it against [Manchester] United on a Monday night? He looks nervous and he isn't good enough."Karius hit back by appearing to take a dig at Neville's failed spell as Valencia manager last season.
"I don’t care what Gary Neville said. He was a manager for a short bit and now he is back to being an expert again," the Liverpool 'keeper said.
"But he is always very critical. I think he does it to everyone. I just hope that when I do well he will comment on that. We will see in the future."Carragher also criticised Karius following his howler against Bournemouth, but the German 'keeper, signed from Mainz in the summer, took no issue with his words, despite the fact they echoed Neville's view.
"Carragher was here at Liverpool for a long time so maybe after the game he was a bit frustrated," Karius said.
"He is probably still a supporter. I have to accept it. What critics say right after the game, I don’t know what I think. If you asked them again would they say it now?It'd be interesting to see if Karius remains as diplomatic regarding Carragher in future interviews, after the Liverpool legend's half-time assessment of his performance against West Ham. "My advice would be: 'Shut up and just do your job,'" Carragher said.
"And doing your job and answering your critics would be saving that."Carragher was referring to Karius' role in Payet's equaliser.
"That is not difficult," the Sky Sports pundit continued.
"His positioning is fine, he gets across, he reads it well, and he's there. And his wrists, again, kind of like the first goal at Bournemouth - not strong enough. "It's not even in the corner, and Payet hasn't even hit it that hard."Carragher's Sky colleague Jamie Redknapp echoed his sentiments. The former Liverpool midfielder called Karius' failure to stop Payet's free-kick "poor goalkeeping," and said the 23-year-old has "chocolate fingers." Karius didn't cover himself in glory for West Ham's second, and also felt the ire of social media. https://twitter.com/BoringMilner/status/807998616375853056 https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/807994590343131136 https://twitter.com/empireofthekop/status/807999376312385536 https://twitter.com/FutboIDan/status/807999555711234050 Catch up with this week's episode of Football Friday Live
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